circumvent

CEFRC1

/səːkəmˈvɛnt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To avoid a problem or rule by finding another way.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    to outwit or outsmart

Examples

  • For every law, there's always someone trying to circumvent it.

  • You'll have to find a trick to circumvent that issue.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. to surround or besiege

  2. to avoid or get around something; to bypass

More examples

In context

  • We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.

  • The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

To blank the strict security, the spy used a hidden tunnel.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō.