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English
Etymology
From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade.
Pronunciation
Verb
evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)
- (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
He evaded his opponent's blows.
The robbers evaded the police.
to evade the force of an argument
1847, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord:The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.
2004, “Moving Through Other Characters”, in GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns, page 368:“Evading” is moving through ground occupied by an opponent without trying to knock him down. You can attempt this as part of any maneuver that allows movement, provided you can move fast enough to go past your foe – not just up to him.
2007, “Obstruction”, in GURPS Martial Arts, page 106:If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p. B368) and you have a melee weapon that can parry, you may roll against weapon skill instead of DX in the Contest. You keep him from evading if you win or tie
- (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.
- (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: J Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, , published 1727, →OCLC:The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.
Synonyms
(cleverly escape from):
Derived terms
Translations
to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Azerbaijani: yayınmaq
- Basque: itzuri
- Bulgarian: отбя́гвам (bg) impf (otbjágvam), отбя́гна pf (otbjágna)
- Catalan: evadir (ca), eludir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 閃/闪 (sim2)
- Mandarin: 閃/闪 (zh) (shǎn)
- Czech: vyhnout se (cs) pf
- Dutch: ontlopen (nl)
- Esperanto: eviti (eo)
- Finnish: väistää (fi), välttää (fi), livistää (fi); laistaa (fi)
- French: esquiver (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: ausweichen (de)
- Hungarian: elkerül (hu)
- Khmer: គេច (km) (kɨc)
- Latin: evado, eludo, subterfugio
- Maori: karo, papare, whakatītaha
- Mongolian: бултах (mn) (bultax)
- Old English: forbūgan
- Russian: уклоня́ться (ru) impf (uklonjátʹsja), уклони́ться (ru) pf (uklonítʹsja)
- Spanish: evadir (es), soslayar (es), dar esquinazo
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: ухиля́тися (uxyljátysja)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈva.de/
- Rhymes: -ade
- Hyphenation: e‧và‧de
Verb
evade
- third-person singular present indicative of evadere
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
ēvāde
- second-person singular present active imperative of ēvādō
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Verb
evade
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
- Hyphenation: e‧va‧de
Verb
evade
- inflection of evadir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
evade
- inflection of evadir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative