"circumvention" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-circumvention.wav [UK] Forms: circumventions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin circumventio, equivalent to circumvent + -ion. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|circumventio}} Latin circumventio, {{af|en|circumvent|-ion}} circumvent + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} circumvention (countable and uncountable, plural circumventions)
  1. The act of evading or going around (bypassing). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (bypassing): circumvalació [feminine] (Catalan), Umgehung (German), obejście [neuter] (Polish), ominięcie [neuter] (Polish), circumvalación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-circumvention-en-noun-vs141Kvz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 72 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'bypassing': 88 12
  2. The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: deception, fraud, imposture, delusion Translations (act of prevailing): Überlistung (German), przebiegłość [feminine] (Polish), podstęp [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), कपट (kapaṭa) [masculine, neuter] (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-circumvention-en-noun-rzllTvh6 Disambiguation of 'act of prevailing': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anticircumvention Related terms: circumvent, circumvental

Inflected forms

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