escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious …

EVADE definition: to escape from by trickery or cleverness. See examples of evade used in a sentence.

EVADE definition: 1. to avoid or escape from someone or something: 2. to intentionally not talk about something or…. Learn more.

1. to escape or avoid by speed or agility: to evade one's pursuers. 2. to get around by cleverness or trickery: to evade rules; to evade paying taxes. 3. to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation. …

If you evade a question or a topic, you avoid talking about it or dealing with it. The Minister denied he was evading the question. [VERB noun] Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. …

Definition of evade verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

e•vade /ɪˈveɪd/ v. [~ + object], e•vad•ed, e•vad•ing. to escape or avoid esp. by cleverness or trickery: He managed to evade his pursuers. See -vade-. See escape.