Avoid (Verb)
Meaning 1
Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- Put Off
- Get Away
- Elude
- Dodge
- Evade
- Go Around
- Circumvent
- Get By
- Get Out
- Parry
- Get Around
- Duck
- Stay Off
- Fudge
- Skirt
- Short-circuit
- Eschew
- Sidestep
- Escape
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Meaning 3
Refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Hyponyms
Meaning 4
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.