avoid

avoid: verb

1 prevent sth; choose not to do sth

ADVERB

▪ altogether

▪ It is sometimes impossible to avoid conflict altogether.

▪ actively, assiduously, carefully, consciously, deliberately, intentionally, purposefully, purposely, scrupulously, studiously

▪ The two men carefully avoided one another.

▪ I scrupulously avoid artificial additives when I buy food.

▪ barely, narrowly

▪ They narrowly avoided defeat in the semi-final.

▪ deftly, wisely

▪ He deftly avoided answering the question.

▪ pointedly

▪ She pointedly avoided looking at him when she spoke.

▪ easily, successfully

▪ Most of these problems could have been easily avoided.

▪ generally, largely

▪ As someone who generally avoids teen movies, I didn't expect to enjoy this.

▪ at all costs

▪ Getting involved in a court case is something to be avoided at all costs.

VERB + AVOID

▪ be anxious to, want to, wish to

▪ They are anxious to avoid any further misunderstandings.

▪ attempt to, try to

▪ be careful to, take care to

▪ He was careful to avoid any sentimentality in his speech.

▪ help (to)

▪ be able to, manage to

▪ be possible to

▪ be difficult to, be impossible to

PHRASES

▪ an attempt to avoid sth, an effort to avoid sth

▪ He failed in his attempt to avoid having to pay.

2 not hit sb/sth

ADVERB

▪ narrowly

▪ He braked hard and narrowly avoided a parked van.

VERB + AVOID

▪ brake to, slow to, slow down to

▪ swerve to

▪ She swerved to avoid a bicycle.

▪ duck to, duck down to

▪ They ducked to avoid a low branch.

Avoid is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accident, ↑alcohol, ↑ambiguity, ↑annihilation, ↑appearance, ↑arrest, ↑attention, ↑bankruptcy, ↑bias, ↑bloodshed, ↑blow, ↑boredom, ↑build-up, ↑capture, ↑carbohydrate, ↑casualty, ↑catastrophe, ↑censure, ↑chaos, ↑charge, ↑clash, ↑cliché, ↑collapse, ↑collision, ↑complication, ↑conflict, ↑confrontation, ↑confusion, ↑congestion, ↑conscription, ↑contact, ↑contamination, ↑controversy, ↑conversation, ↑crash, ↑creation, ↑creditor, ↑crisis, ↑criticism, ↑crowd, ↑damage, ↑danger, ↑death, ↑defeat, ↑dehydration, ↑delay, ↑destiny, ↑destruction, ↑detection, ↑difficulty, ↑disadvantage, ↑disagreement, ↑disappointment, ↑disaster, ↑discord, ↑dispute, ↑disruption, ↑distortion, ↑distraction, ↑distress, ↑draft, ↑duplication, ↑duty, ↑effect, ↑embarrassment, ↑encounter, ↑error, ↑excess, ↑expense, ↑exposure, ↑extradition, ↑extreme, ↑failure, ↑fat, ↑fate, ↑fatigue, ↑fire, ↑food, ↑gaze, ↑hazard, ↑impression, ↑incident, ↑inconvenience, ↑infection, ↑influence, ↑injury, ↑interference, ↑issue, ↑jail, ↑jargon, ↑liability, ↑limelight, ↑litigation, ↑mention, ↑mishap, ↑mistake, ↑misunderstanding, ↑necessity, ↑need, ↑obstacle, ↑penalty, ↑peril, ↑persecution, ↑pitfall, ↑pollution, ↑pregnancy, ↑prison, ↑problem, ↑prosecution, ↑publicity, ↑punishment, ↑question, ↑recession, ↑recognition, ↑recourse, ↑recurrence, ↑reduction, ↑redundancy, ↑reference, ↑repetition, ↑responsibility, ↑rigour, ↑risk, ↑rush, ↑scandal, ↑scrutiny, ↑showdown, ↑situation, ↑stagnation, ↑starvation, ↑stigma, ↑stress, ↑subject, ↑suspicion, ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑temptation, ↑traffic, ↑tragedy, ↑trap, ↑trouble, ↑urge, ↑violation, ↑wastage, ↑waste, ↑worst, ↑wrath

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Synonyms:

Shun (in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with / Forbear, refrain from, help (after cannot)

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avoid — vt [modification of Old French esvuider to destroy, literally, to empty, from es out + vuider to empty] 1: to make void or undo: annul the trustee may avoid any transfer of interest of the debtor in property U.S. Code 2: to respond to (an… … Law dictionary
Avoid — A*void , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avoided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Avoiding}.] [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See {Void}, a.] 1. To empty. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avoid — a‧void [əˈvɔɪd] verb [transitive] TAX LAW if you avoid tax, you manage to not pay it legally, for example by the way that you enter profits or losses into your accounts: • Investing in this way allows savers to avoid tax upon withdrawal. compare… … Financial and business terms
avoid — avoid; avoid·a·ble; un·avoid·abil·i·ty; avoid·ant; avoid·ance; avoid·a·bly; un·avoid·able·ness; … English syllables
avoid — [ə void′] vt. [ME avoiden < Anglo Fr avoider < OFr esvuidier, to empty < es (< L ex ), out + vuidier: see VOID] 1. to make void; annul, invalidate, or quash (a plea, etc. in law) 2. to keep away from; evade; shun [to avoid crowds] 3.… … English World dictionary
avoid — avoid, avert, evade Avoid and evade overlap in meaning, but evade has a stronger sense of guile or trickery in escaping from an obligation (such as paying income tax). Avert means ‘to turn aside’ (which is its literal meaning in averting one s… … Modern English usage
Avoid — A*void , v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avoid — (v.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. avoider to clear out, withdraw (oneself), partially anglicized from O.Fr. esvuidier to empty out, from es out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vuidier to be empty, from voide empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste (see VOID (Cf … Etymology dictionary
avoid — *escape, shun, eschew, evade, elude Analogous words: avert, ward, *prevent, obviate: forestall, anticipate (see PREVENT): flee, fly (see ESCAPE) Antonyms: face: meet Contrasted words: *incur, contract, catch: court, solicit, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
avoid — [v] refrain or stay away from; prevent abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fake out*, fend off, flee, give the slip*, hide, hold off, jump, keep clear, lay… … New thesaurus
avoid — ► VERB 1) keep away or refrain from. 2) prevent from doing or happening. DERIVATIVES avoidable adjective avoidably adverb avoidance noun. ORIGIN Old French evuider clear out, get rid of … English terms dictionary

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