Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - avoid
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Avoid
avoid
~ v 1 to do something to prevent something bad from happening (The other car swerved, trying to avoid a collision. | avoid doing sth) (This leaflet tells you how to avoid getting ill while travelling.) 2 to deliberately stay away from someone or something (Jon was embarrassed and tried to avoid us the next day. | I managed to avoid the worst of the traffic. | avoid sb/sth like the plague (=stay away from someone or something completely, especially because they are very unpleasant)) (I used to avoid that class like the plague.) 3 to deliberately not do something, especially because it is dangerous, unpleasant etc (Loopholes are a way of legally avoiding taxes. | avoid doing sth) (Organic gardeners try to avoid using pesticides.)
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(avoids, avoiding, avoided) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening. The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster... Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals. VERB: V n, V -ing 2. If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it. By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to... He was always careful to avoid embarrassment. VERB: V -ing, V n 3. If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic. She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him... VERB: V n 4. If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, alteration of Old French esvuider, from es- (from Latin ex-) + vuider to empty — more at void Date: 14th century 1. to make legally void ; annul ~ a plea 2. obsolete void, expel 3. a. to keep away from ; shun have been ~ing me b. to prevent the occurrence or effectiveness of ~ further delays c. to refrain from ~ overeating 4. archaic to depart or withdraw from ; leave Synonyms: see escape • ~able adjective • ~ably adverb • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 keep away or refrain from (a thing, person, or action). 2 escape; evade. 3 Law a nullify (a decree or contract). b quash (a sentence). Derivatives avoidable adj. avoidably adv. avoidance n. avoider n. Etymology: AF avoider, OF evuider clear out, get quit of, f. vuide empty, VOID ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) аннулировать, делать недействительным; уничтожать 2) оспаривать – to avoid a patent AVOID гл. 1) избегать, уклоняться 2) аннулировать; уничтожать 3) оспаривать • - avoid a contract - avoid a sentence - avoid a title - avoid expenses - avoid the risk Syn: terminate, stop, finish, cut off, cease ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. избегать, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid smb. —- избегать (сторониться) кого-л. to avoid danger —- избежать опасности to avoid doing smth. —- избегать чего-л. (делать что-л.), уклоняться от чего-л. he couldn't avoid uttering his opinion —- ему пришлось высказать свое мнение to avoid some place —- стараться не бывать где-л. 2. юр. отменять, аннулировать; делать недействительным to avoid a sentence —- отменять приговор to avoid an agreement —- аннулировать соглашение 3. уст. опорожнять, освобождать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) избегать, сторониться 2) уклоняться 3) leg. отменять, аннулировать Syn: elude, escape, eschew, evade, shun Ant: catch, encounter, face, meet, seek, solicit ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from Anglo-Fr. avoider "to clear out, withdraw (oneself)," from O.Fr. esvuider "to empty out," from es- "out" + vuidier "to be empty" (see void). Originally a law term; modern sense of "have nothing to do with" was also in M.E. and corresponds to O.Fr. eviter with which it was perhaps confused. Meaning "escape, evade" first attested 1530. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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