evade

CEFRC1

/ɪˈveɪd/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To avoid someone or something, often cleverly or dishonestly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Examples

  • Jack tried to evade paying his taxes.

  • They falsified the account balances to evade the tax.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

  2. To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

More examples

In context

  • He schemed to evade tax.

  • to evade the force of an argument

  • He evaded his opponent's blows.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.