avoid

Definition of avoid in English English dictionary: To make empty; to clear; To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from
And therewith anone cam another knyght of the castell; and he was smyttyn so sore that he avoyded hys sadyll.; To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract); To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away; To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter; To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters
The devyll sayde unto hym: all these will I geve the, iff thou wilt faull doune and worship me. Then sayde Jesus unto hym. Avoyde Satan.; To get rid of; To become void or vacant; To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions; If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening. The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals; stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires; {v} to shun, escape, quit, make void; Avoidance of the listed foods or other stress factors will help speed progress Progressive tapering may be required initially if withdrawal symptoms are severe, as in nicotine, caffeine, and some food reactions; Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter; declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"; prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"; To defeat or evade; to invalidate; If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman; If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic. She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him; To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters; To empty; To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendants plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter; stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"; v to stay away from; If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it. By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to He was always careful to avoid embarrassment; refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"; To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires; Sunef; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"; To retire; to withdraw; To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute (esp. a contract); If you avoid something bad that is going to happen, you succeed in preventing it; To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute; {f} evade, escape; keep away from; prevent, keep from happening; nullify, make void (Law); tr v 1 To stay clear of; stay away from 2 To not face up to; dodge; shun
avoid like the plague: Shun, or evade if at all possible
avoid confusion: prevent misunderstanding
avoid extradition: prevent the surrender of a prisoner or fugitive to another legal authority (in another state, country, etc.)
avoid friction: prevent friction
avoid like the plague: {f} stay away if possible, run away at any cost
avoid litter: don't throw trash on the ground, keep the area clean
avoidable: Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
avoidance: The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent
avoidance: A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal
avoidance: The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of
avoider: One who avoids, shuns, or escapes
avoiding: the relationship stage during which persons intentionally avoid contact
avoidable: {a} that may be avoided or shunned
avoidance: {n} the act of avoiding, or becoming vacant
avoided: {a} shunned, escaped, left
avoider: {n} one who avoids, one who shuns
Avoidable: devitable
Avoidable: evitable
Avoidable: escapable
To avoid: taboo
avoidable: \uh-voy'-duh-buhl\: What a bullfighter tries to do
avoidable: Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
avoidable: {s} able to be avoided
avoidable: capable of being avoided or warded off
avoidable: Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening. The tragedy was entirely avoidable. something bad that is avoidable can be avoided or prevented
avoidable: What a bullfighter does
avoidable: (uh-voy'-duh-buhl'): What a bullfighter tries to do
avoidably: In a manner so as to be avoidable
avoidably: in an avoidable manner
avoidance: Stress avoidance is stress resistance by avoiding thermodynamic equilibrium with the stress Avoidance is excluding the stress by physical barriers which insulate the cells or steady state exclusion of the stress by chemical or metabolic barrier (Levitt 1972) See Tolerance
avoidance: The act of annulling; annulment
avoidance: The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; - specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent
avoidance: Avoidance technologies avoid the production of environmentally hazardous substances or alter human activities in ways that minimize damage to the environment
avoidance: Risk response strategy that eliminates the threat of a specific risk event, usually by eliminating its potential cause The project management team can never eliminate all risk, but certain risk events often can be eliminated See also acceptance and mitigation
avoidance: The Bankruptcy Code permits the debtor to eliminate (avoid) some kinds of liens that interfere with (or impair) an exemption claimed in the bankruptcy Most judgment liens that have attached to the debtor's home can be avoided if the total of the liens (mortgages, judgment liens and statutory liens) is greater than the value of the property in which the exemption is claimed This is sometimes called "lien stripping " For more, see Lien Avoidance and Lien Stripping
avoidance: The avoidance of Greenhouse Gas emissions resulting from the substitution of a high emitting source with a lower or non-emitting source or through improvements in energy efficiency
avoidance: a play, usually by declarer, that makes it impossible, difficult or expensive for a particular opponent to gain the lead
avoidance: Ducking or moving laterally to prevent a hit
avoidance: The simplest form of dispute resolution in which the aggrieved party ends the dispute by forgoing its rights and taking no steps towards any relief
avoidance: The right of an underwriter, in the event of a breach of good faith or delay in commencement of an insured voyage, to step aside from the insurance contract and to treat it as though he never accepted the risk
avoidance: The courts by which anything is carried off
avoidance: The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent
avoidance: {i} act of avoiding, evasion; act of making void (Law)
avoidance: Avoiding a problem by walking away, ignoring what is happening, refusing to participate in a conflict situation
avoidance: A conscious attempt not to engage with people in the dominant group (See 214)
avoidance: Isolation and social avoidance of those who have fallen from the Amish Church by breaking its sanctions
avoidance: Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them. the avoidance of stress. avoidance of
avoidance: ducking or moving sideways to avoid being hit
avoidance: The right of an underwriter, in the event of a breach of good faith or delay in commencement of an insured voyage to step aside from the insurance contract and to treat it as though they had never accepted the risk
avoidance: Principle of plant disease control marked by deliberate actions to take advantage of environmental factors and time unfavorable for disease development (20)
avoidance: a smoke emission control strategy that considers meteorological conditions when scheduling prescribed fires in order to avoid incursions into smoke sensitive areas (Mathews et al 1985)
avoidance: The opportunity to avoid or escape from an unpleasant circumstance after exhibiting behaviour (4) Occurs when the interacting parties' goals are incompatible and the interaction between groups is relatively unimportant to the attainment of the goals (10)
avoidance: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
avoided: past of avoid
avoider: The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away
avoider: {i} escapist, evader, shirker
avoiding: action of the verb to avoid
avoiding: A conflict management style characterized by low assertiveness of one's own interests and low cooperation with the other party
avoiding: present participle of avoid
avoiding: A conflict management style characterized by low assertiveness of one's own interests and low cooperation with the other party (14)

avoid

Hyphenation

a·void

Turkish pronunciation

ıvoyd

Synonyms

abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade

Antonyms

face, meet, seek, want

Pronunciation

/əˈvoid/ /əˈvɔɪd/

Etymology

() From Middle English avoiden Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”) es- + vuidier Latin viduare (“to empty”) viduus (“empty”); see void.