Avoid
21avoid — verb 1) I avoid situations that stress me out Syn: keep away from, stay away from, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, fight shy of Ant: confront 2) he is trying to avoid responsibility Syn: evade …
22avoid*/*/*/ — [əˈvɔɪd] verb [T] 1) to try to prevent something from happening Try to avoid confrontation.[/ex] I want to avoid being drawn into the argument.[/ex] 2) to stay away from someone or something We went early to avoid the crowds.[/ex] 3) to choose… …
23avoid — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French avoider, alteration of Old French esvuider, from es (from Latin ex ) + vuider to empty more at void Date: 14th century 1. to make legally void ; annul < …
24avoid — v. 1) to avoid studiously 2) (G) she managed to avoid being punished * * * [ə vɔɪd] (G) she managed to avoid being punished to avoidstudiously …
25avoid — verb 1) I avoid situations that cause me stress Syn: keep away from, steer clear of, give a wide berth to 2) he avoids responsibility Syn: evade, dodge, sidestep, escape, run away from; informal duck, wriggle out of …
26avoid — a•void [[t]əˈvɔɪd[/t]] v. t. 1) to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person[/ex] 2) to prevent from happening: to avoid falling[/ex] 3) law Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul • Etymology: 1250–30; ME < AF… …
27avoid — /əˈvɔɪd / (say uh voyd) verb (t) 1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun; evade: to avoid a person; to avoid danger. 2. Law to make void or of no effect; invalidate. 3. Obsolete to empty; eject or expel. –verb (i) 4. Obsolete to go away; leave …
28avoid — verb /əˈvɔɪd/ a) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. The devyll [...] sayde unto hym: all these will I geve the, iff thou wilt faull doune and worship me.… …
29avoid — [14] Avoid at first meant literally ‘make void, empty’. It was formed in Old French from the adjective vuide ‘empty’ (source of English void [13], and derived from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *vocitus, which is related ultimately to vacant). With …
30avoid — [14] Avoid at first meant literally ‘make void, empty’. It was formed in Old French from the adjective vuide ‘empty’ (source of English void [13], and derived from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *vocitus, which is related ultimately to vacant). With …
