circumvent

cir·cum·vent

C0367800 (sûr′kəm-vĕnt′)tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents 1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: circumvented the bureaucratic red tape.

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[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots.]

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cir′cum·vent′er, cir′cum·ven′tor n.cir′cum·ven′tion n.cir′cum·ven′tive adj.

circumvent

(ˌsɜːkəmˈvɛnt) vb (tr) 1. to evade or go around2. to outwit3. (Military) to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture[C15: from Latin circumvenīre, from circum- + venīre to come] ˌcircumˈventer, ˌcircumˈventor n ˌcircumˈvention n ˌcircumˈventive adj

cir•cum•vent

(ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt)

v.t. 1. to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent a problem. 2. to avoid by artfulness; elude: to circumvent defeat. 3. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap. [1545–55; < Latin circumventus, past participle of circumvenīre to come around, surround =circum- circum- + venīre to come] cir`cum•vent′er, cir`cum•ven′tor, n. cir`cum•ven′tion, n. cir`cum•ven′tive, adj.

circumvent

Past participle: circumvented
Gerund: circumventing

Imperative
circumvent
circumvent

Present
I circumvent
you circumvent
he/she/it circumvents
we circumvent
you circumvent
they circumvent

Preterite
I circumvented
you circumvented
he/she/it circumvented
we circumvented
you circumvented
they circumvented

Present Continuous
I am circumventing
you are circumventing
he/she/it is circumventing
we are circumventing
you are circumventing
they are circumventing

Present Perfect
I have circumvented
you have circumvented
he/she/it has circumvented
we have circumvented
you have circumvented
they have circumvented

Past Continuous
I was circumventing
you were circumventing
he/she/it was circumventing
we were circumventing
you were circumventing
they were circumventing

Past Perfect
I had circumvented
you had circumvented
he/she/it had circumvented
we had circumvented
you had circumvented
they had circumvented

Future
I will circumvent
you will circumvent
he/she/it will circumvent
we will circumvent
you will circumvent
they will circumvent

Future Perfect
I will have circumvented
you will have circumvented
he/she/it will have circumvented
we will have circumvented
you will have circumvented
they will have circumvented

Future Continuous
I will be circumventing
you will be circumventing
he/she/it will be circumventing
we will be circumventing
you will be circumventing
they will be circumventing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been circumventing
you have been circumventing
he/she/it has been circumventing
we have been circumventing
you have been circumventing
they have been circumventing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been circumventing
you will have been circumventing
he/she/it will have been circumventing
we will have been circumventing
you will have been circumventing
they will have been circumventing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been circumventing
you had been circumventing
he/she/it had been circumventing
we had been circumventing
you had been circumventing
they had been circumventing

Conditional
I would circumvent
you would circumvent
he/she/it would circumvent
we would circumvent
you would circumvent
they would circumvent

Past Conditional
I would have circumvented
you would have circumvented
he/she/it would have circumvented
we would have circumvented
you would have circumvented
they would have circumvented

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	circumvent - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"besiege, hem in, beleaguer, surroundattack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"seal off, blockade - impose a blockade onebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
	2.	circumvent - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"outsmart, outwit, overreach, outfox, beatbeat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
	3.	circumvent - 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"evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, dodge, elude, duck, put offbeg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objectionsavoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

circumvent

verb1. (Formal) evade, bypass, elude, steer clear of, sidestep Military rulers tried to circumvent the treaty.2. outwit, trick, mislead, thwart, deceive, dupe, beguile, outflank, hoodwink It is a veiled attempt to change gun laws by circumventing legislators.

circumvent

verb1. To pass around but not through:bypass, circumnavigate, detour, go around, skirt.2. To keep away from:avoid, burke, bypass, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun.Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.

Translations

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