avoid
Pronunciation: /əˈvɔɪd/
The English word “avoid” has 12 meanings listed here.
verb
- To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
- To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
- To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
- To try not to do something or to have something happen.
- To make empty; to clear.
- To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
- To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
- To emit or throw out; to void.
- To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
- To get rid of.
- To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
- To become void or vacant.
Etymology
From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”).
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