WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
e•vade /ɪˈveɪd/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], e•vad•ed, e•vad•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to escape or avoid esp. by cleverness or trickery:He managed to evade his pursuers.
- See escape.
e•vade
(i vād′),USA pronunciation v., e•vad•ed, e•vad•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
e•vad′a•ble, e•vad′i•ble, adj.
e•vad′er, n.
e•vad′ing•ly, adv.
v.t.
- to escape from by trickery or cleverness:to evade one's pursuers.
- to get around by trickery:to evade rules.
- to avoid doing or fulfilling:to evade an obligation.
- to avoid answering directly:to evade a question.
- to elude;
escape:The solution evaded him.
v.i.
- to practice evasion.
- to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness;
escape.
- Latin ēvādere to pass over, go out, equivalent. to ē- e- + vādere to go, walk
- 1505–15
e•vad′er, n.
e•vad′ing•ly, adv.
- 1. avoid, dodge. See escape. 6. prevaricate, equivocate, fence.
- 1. face, confront.
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