Elude (Verb)
Meaning 1
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 2
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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- Bewilder
- Puzzle
- Pose
- Amaze
- Beat
- Flummox
- Get
- Stupefy
- Gravel
- Vex
- Mystify
- Baffle
- Stick
- Nonplus
- Dumbfound