elude

CEFRC1

/ɪˈljuːd/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
verb
To escape from someone or avoid being found or understood.
02
verb
Extra detail
To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.

In context

Tom managed to elude capture.
I get algebra, but calculus eludes me.
The solution of that brainteaser eludes me and the name of the author eludes my memory too.

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.
1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 26
The line continued in operation until about 1908, but the precise date of closure has eluded research.
1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 516
It leaves City still searching for the Champions League, the trophy that has always eluded them
2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport
Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.
2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian

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From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).