avoid
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
avoid/əˈvɔɪd/
▶verb
- 1 keep away or refrain from.
■ prevent from happening.
- 2 Law repudiate, nullify, or render void (a decree or contract).
– derivatives
avoidable adjective,
avoidably adverb,
avoidance noun,
avoider noun.
avoidable adjective,
avoidably adverb,
avoidance noun,
avoider noun.
'avoid' also found in these Oxford entries:
abscond
- anaphora
- arm
- because
- bi-
- bite
- blank
- Bluebeard
- careful
- caution
- cautious
- cheat
- cop
- cover
- creep
- deaf mute
- deceptively
- defence mechanism
- defensive
- detour
- discreet
- dodge
- duck
- due diligence
- emollient
- evade
- evasive
- face
- fear
- fence
- fifth
- finesse
- firefighting
- flag of convenience
- flannel
- flight capital
- flinch
- funk
- get
- go-by
- goldbrick
- grow
- head
- hedge
- help
- honest
- indolent
- jouk
- keep
