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evade

Pronunciation: /ɪˈveɪd/

The English word “evade” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
  2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
  3. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Etymology

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

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