circumvent
verb /ˌsɜːkəmˈvent/
/ˌsɜːrkəmˈvent/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they circumvent | /ˌsɜːkəmˈvent/ /ˌsɜːrkəmˈvent/ |
| he / she / it circumvents | /ˌsɜːkəmˈvents/ /ˌsɜːrkəmˈvents/ |
| past simple circumvented | /ˌsɜːkəmˈventɪd/ /ˌsɜːrkəmˈventɪd/ |
| past participle circumvented | /ˌsɜːkəmˈventɪd/ /ˌsɜːrkəmˈventɪd/ |
| -ing form circumventing | /ˌsɜːkəmˈventɪŋ/ /ˌsɜːrkəmˈventɪŋ/ |
- circumvent something to find a way of avoiding a difficulty or a rule
- They found a way of circumventing the law.
- circumvent something to go or travel around something that is blocking your way
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.