avoid
IPA: ʌvˈɔɪd
verb
- (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
- (transitive) 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
- (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
- (transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
- (transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
- (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
- (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
- (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.
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Examples of "avoid" in Sentences
- Avoiding the temptation is difficult.
- Belittling the person is to be avoided.
- Ostentatious behaviour is to be avoided.
- One of the ways to avoid chronic bronchitis is to stop smoking.
- This was to avoid breaking the strict curfew imposed by the Nazis.
- Prevention of dementia is the attempt to avoid developing dementia.
- Break the cycle early and often to avoid perpetuation and ignorance.
- One of the ways to avoid chronic bronchitis is to stop smoking Stomach.
- Preventative measures to avoid depredation were also lacking in both cases.
- It's a fan and promotional page that artfully avoids breaking Wikipedia rules.
- The real trap to avoid is the one where he listens to rightwing goons and their fairytales.
- "The one thing we want to avoid is having a single position negatively impact the entire portfolio," he said.
- If you are the press secretary to the President of the United States, the main thing to avoid is becoming the story yourself.
- The more obvious explanation that Orin clearly wants to avoid is that now that we have President Obama, the government no longer violates the Fourth Amendment.
- One of the types I try to avoid is the "married but playful" kind: the ones that are stepping out on their spouses to indulge their preferences on the down-low.
- Right, but want you want to avoid is having one bank (Citi, BoA) that is so big that when if it has a crisis all by itself, it takes down every other otherwise healthy bank with it.