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evade

/ɪˈveɪd/

evade verb: to get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

Verb

evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)

  1. (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
    • He evaded his opponent's blows.
    • The robbers evaded the police.
  2. (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
    • Evading from perils.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
    • Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
    • The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

evade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

evade in Hindi

to evade
बचना bacnā, टालमटोल करना ṭālamṭol karnā

evade in Tamil

தவிர், ஏய்ப்பு, நழுவு, மழுப்பு

evade in Urdu

آج کل کرنا, بہانہ کرنا, ہچر مچر کرنا, پہلو بدلنا, پہلو تہی کرنا, راستہ کترانا

evade in Bengali

এড়িয়ে যাওয়া, ফাঁকি দেওয়া
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evade in Malayalam
തന്ത്രപൂർവ്വം മാറിക്കളയുക, മറുപടിപറയാതൊഴിയുക, ചെയ്യാതെ കഴിക്കുക
evade in Kannada
ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ನುಣುಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಜಾರಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಪಾರಾಗು
evade in Vietnamese
tránh, trốn

Examples of evade in a sentence

  • to evade the force of an argument
  • If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p.2007, “Obstruction”, in GURPS Martial Arts, page 106:

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Synonyms of evade

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Forms of evade

third-person singular presentevades
present participleevading
past participleevaded
pastevaded

Past tense of evade: evaded

Origin of evade

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

Words formed from evade

Words that rhyme with evade

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Questions about evade

What does evade mean?
Evade means to get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
What is evade in Hindi?
Evade in Hindi is बचना (bacnā), टालमटोल करना (ṭālamṭol karnā). See Evade meaning in Hindi.
How do you use evade in a sentence?
to evade the force of an argument
What part of speech is evade?
Evade is a verb.
How do you pronounce evade?
Evade is pronounced /ɪˈveɪd/.
What is the past tense of evade?
The past tense of evade is evaded.

Words near evade in the dictionary

  1. evacuee
  2. evacuees
  3. evacuole
  4. evacuoles
  5. evadable
  6. evade
  7. evaded
  8. evadee
  9. evadees
  10. evader
  11. evaders

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: evade (page history and authors); टालमटोल करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); evade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evade (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Evade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evade (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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