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- Dictionaryevade/ɪˈveɪd/
verb
- 1. escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery: "friends helped him to evade capture for a time" Similar Opposite
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1. : to elude by dexterity or stratagem. 2. a. : to avoid facing up to. evaded the real issues. b. : to avoid the performance of : dodge, circumvent. especially : to fail to pay (taxes) c. : to avoid answering directly : turn aside. 3. : to be elusive to : baffle. the simple, personal meaning evaded them C. D. Lewis. evadable. i-ˈvā-də-bəl. ē-
EVADE definition: 1. to avoid or escape from someone or something: 2. to intentionally not talk about something or…. Learn more.
If you evade someone or something, you move so that you can avoid meeting them or avoid being touched or hit. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears. [ VERB noun ]
EVADE meaning: 1. to avoid or escape from someone or something: 2. to intentionally not talk about something or…. Learn more.
When you evade something, you escape it. You could evade a police chase by slipping into a secret alley, or you could evade your mother's questions about the missing cookies by slipping into another topic.
evade (doing) something to find a way of not doing something, especially something that legally or morally you should do. The defendant had tried to evade payment of taxes. She is trying to evade all responsibility for her behaviour. He never sought to evade his responsibilities.
1. to escape or avoid by speed or agility: to evade one's pursuers. 2. to get around by cleverness or trickery: to evade rules; to evade paying taxes. 3. to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation. 4. to avoid answering directly: She evaded our questions by changing the subject.
