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avoidavoid /əˈvɔɪd/ ●●● S2 W1 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYavoidOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French esvuidier, from vuidier to empty VERB TABLEavoid |
| Present | I, you, we, they | avoid | | he, she, it | avoids | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | avoided | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have avoided | | he, she, it | has avoided | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had avoided | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will avoid | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have avoided |
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| Present | I | am avoiding | | he, she, it | is avoiding | | you, we, they | are avoiding | | Past | I, he, she, it | was avoiding | | you, we, they | were avoiding | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been avoiding | | he, she, it | has been avoiding | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been avoiding | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be avoiding | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been avoiding |
► avoids ... like the plague She’s at the age where she avoids boys like the plague (=tries very hard to avoid them). THESAURUSto do something in order to prevent something bad from happening► avoidto do something in order to prevent something bad from happening: Exercise will help you avoid heart disease. ► get out of something informal to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do: We promised we would go – we can’t get out of it now. ► dodge to avoid talking about something or doing something that you do not want to do: The senator dodged the reporter’s question and started talking about something else. ► evade formal to avoid talking about something or doing something, especially something you should do for legal or moral reasons: The accountant was accused of helping his clients evade taxes. 1to do something in order to prevent something bad from happening: Exercise will help you avoid heart disease.avoid doing something I had to jump out of the street to avoid getting hit by a car.► see thesaurus at prevent2to deliberately stay away from someone or something: Have you been avoiding me? Pregnant women should avoid raw eggs. She’s at the age where she avoids boys like the plague (=tries very hard to avoid them).3to not do something deliberately, especially because it is dangerous, bad, etc.: We must avoid involvement in the war.avoid doing something He moved to Singapore to avoid paying taxes. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French esvuidier, from vuidier to empty]—avoidable adjective: an easily avoidable mistakeTHESAURUSget out of something informal – to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do: We promised we would go – we can’t get out of it now.dodge – to avoid talking about something or doing something that you do not want to do: The senator dodged the reporter’s question and started talking about something else.evade formal – to avoid talking about something or doing something, especially something you should do for legal or moral reasons: The accountant was accused of helping his clients evade taxes. |