"avoid" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈvɔɪd/ Audio: en-us-avoid.ogg Forms: avoids [present, singular, third-person], avoiding [participle, present], avoided [participle, past], avoided [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪd Etymology: From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|avoiden}} Middle English avoiden, {{der|en|xno|avoider}} Anglo-Norman avoider, {{der|en|fro|esvuidier||to empty out}} Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), {{der|en|VL.|*vocitāre}} Vulgar Latin *vocitāre, {{der|en|la-vul|*vocitum}} Vulgar Latin *vocitum, {{der|en|la|vacuus}} Latin vacuus, {{ncog|ang|forbūgan|lit=to bend away from}} Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} avoid (third-person singular simple present avoids, present participle avoiding, simple past and past participle avoided)
  1. (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun. Tags: transitive
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  2. (transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful). Tags: transitive
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  3. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from. Translations (to keep away from): mënjanoj (Albanian), περιφεύγω (peripheúgō) (Ancient Greek), تَجَنَّبَ (tajannaba) (Arabic), اتجنب (etganeb) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), խուսափել (xusapʻel) (Armenian), уніка́ць (unikácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), ўніка́ць (ŭnikácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), уні́кнуць (uníknucʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ўні́кнуць (ŭníknucʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ухіля́цца (uxiljácca) (Belarusian), ўхіля́цца (ŭxiljácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), ухілі́цца (uxilícca) (Belarusian), ўхілі́цца (ŭxilícca) [perfective] (Belarusian), отбягвам (otbjagvam) (Bulgarian), страня от (stranja ot) (Bulgarian), ကြဉ် (krany) (Burmese), evitar (Catalan), 避免 (bìmiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 回避 (huíbì) (Chinese Mandarin), 免除 (miǎnchú) (Chinese Mandarin), vyhnout se pf vyhýbat se [imperfective] (Czech), vermijden (Dutch), eviti (Esperanto), vältima (Estonian), hoiduma (Estonian), välttää (Finnish), karttaa (Finnish), väistää (Finnish), éviter (French), fuir (French), evitar (Galician), არიდება (arideba) (Georgian), აცილება (acileba) (Georgian), meiden (German), fernbleiben (english: exalted) (German), 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwandjan) (Gothic), αποφεύγω (apofévgo) (Greek), टालना (ṭālnā) (Hindi), elkerül (Hungarian), kerül (Hungarian), seachain (Irish), evitare (Italian), 避ける (sakeru) (Japanese), 免れる (manukareru) (Japanese), 斎む (imu) (Japanese), ជៀសវាង (ciəhviəng) (Khmer), 피하다 (pihada) (Korean), 꺼리다 (kkeorida) (Korean), ຫຼີກລ້ຽງ (līk līang) (Lao), vītō (Latin), ēvītō (Latin), elakkan (Malay), mengelak (Malay), tūraha (Maori), hohoni (Maori), зайлсхийх (zajlsxiix) (Mongolian), unngå (Norwegian), evitar (Occitan), forbūgan (Old English), قاچمق (kaçmak) (Ottoman Turkish), پرهیزیدن (parhizidan) (Persian), unikać (alt: 5) (Polish), uniknąć [perfective] (Polish), evitar (Portuguese), evita (Romanian), ocoli (Romanian), избега́ть (izbegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), уклони́ться (uklonítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), seachain (Scottish Gaelic), ငိူင်ႉဝႄႈ (ngô̰eng wāae) (Shan), vyhnúť sa pf vyhýbať sa [imperfective] (Slovak), evitar (Spanish), undvika (Swedish), หลีกเลี่ยง (lìik-lîiang) (Thai), kaçınmak (Turkish), уника́ти (unykáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), уни́кнути (unýknuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), ухиля́тися (uxyljátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ухили́тися (uxylýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), tránh (Vietnamese), tránh xa (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese)
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  4. To try not to do something or to have something happen.
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  5. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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  6. (transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
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  7. (transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate): отменям (otmenjam) (Bulgarian), анулирам (anuliram) (Bulgarian), hylätä (Finnish), entkräften (German), abwerten (German), abschwächen (German), evado (Latin), цуцлах (cuclax) (Mongolian), отменя́ть (otmenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отмени́ть (otmenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), аннули́ровать (annulírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), savuşturmak (Turkish)
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  8. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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translations: 3 17 18 3 2 19 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 13 16 17 3 2 14 3 17 3 4 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 10 16 18 2 2 18 2 18 3 3 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 17 18 3 2 19 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 6 17 18 3 2 15 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 3 15 16 3 2 18 2 20 4 2 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 14 16 3 2 21 3 17 3 5 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 13 15 17 3 2 17 3 16 3 4 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 14 15 4 3 14 4 23 3 4 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 16 17 3 2 17 3 16 3 3 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 17 18 3 2 19 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 18 20 3 3 16 3 18 3 3 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 3 17 18 3 3 19 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Shan translations: 3 17 18 3 2 19 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 3 17 18 3 2 19 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 13 15 16 3 2 17 3 16 3 4 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 18 21 3 3 16 3 19 3 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 17 19 3 3 19 3 18 3 4 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 13 15 16 3 2 17 3 16 3 4 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 17 19 3 3 19 3 18 3 4 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 17 18 3 2 19 3 18 3 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 13 15 16 3 2 17 3 16 3 4 3 5
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-avoid-en-verb-~4xwfspI
  10. (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-avoid-en-verb-jRECMMuG
  11. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-avoid-en-verb-phFkA~5J
  12. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-avoid-en-verb-UA-0wyDO Categories (other): Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 3 15 16 3 2 18 2 20 4 2 4 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avoidable, avoidance, avoidant, avoider, avoidless, avoid like the plague, avoidment, unavoided Related terms: avoid like the plague, beat around the bush, dodge a bullet, flee Translations (to try not to be hit; to give way): itzuri (Basque), evitar (Catalan), éviter (French), ausweichen (German), elkerül (Hungarian), schivare (Italian), evitare (Italian), desum (note: subject and object reversed) (Latin), قاچمق (kaçmak) (Ottoman Turkish), evitar (Portuguese), javitari (Sicilian), sgavitari (Sicilian), evitar (Spanish), esquivar (Spanish), kaçınmak (Turkish) Translations (to try not to do something): saqınmaq [archaic] (Azerbaijani), vermeiden (German), टाळणे (ṭāḷṇe) (Marathi)
Synonyms: abjure, avert, avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evitate, get away from, long off [Multicultural-London-English], sack off, sidestep, shy away from, skirt, shun, steer clear, swerve, waive [rare] Hyponyms: abstain, beg off, bypass, circumvent, equivocate, fudge, funk, jook [UK, dialectal], shirk, shuffle [obsolete], obviate, prevaricate, waffle Disambiguation of 'to try not to be hit; to give way': 31 7 6 32 0 2 2 8 3 2 3 2 Disambiguation of 'to try not to do something': 46 0 0 51 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, page 13:",
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          "text": "But Y seie, this testament is confermed of God; the lawe that was maad after foure hundrid and thritti yeer, makith not the testament veyn to auoide awei the biheest.",
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          "text": "[…] how can those graunts of the Kings be avoyded, without wronging of those lords, which had those lands and lordships given them?",
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          "text": "[…] in an action for treſpaſſing upon land whereof the plaintiff is ſeiſed, if the defendant ſhews a title to the land by deſcent, and that therefore he had a right to enter, and gives colour to the plaintiff, the plaintiff may either traverſe and totally deny the fact of the deſcent; or he may confeſs and avoid it, by replying, that true it is that ſuch deſcent happened, but that ſince the deſcent the defendant himſelf demiſed the lands to the plaintiff for term of life.",
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          "text": "[…] the citie of Memi where is a great caue oꝛ denne in the which is a ſpꝛynge oꝛ fountayne that continually auoydethe a great quantitie of Bitumen […]",
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          "ref": "1646, Thomas Browne, “Frogges, Toades, and Toad-stone”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 136:",
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          "text": "Anone they encountred to gyders / and he with the reed shelde smote hym soo hard that he bare hym ouer to the erthe / There with anone came another Knyght of the castel / and he was smyten so sore that he auoyded his fadel",
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        {
          "text": "1565, Thomas Stapleton (translator), The History of the Church of Englande. Compiled by Venerable Bede, Englishman, Antwerp, Book 5, Chapter 20, pp. 178b-179,\n[…] the bishop commaunded al to auoide the chambre for an houre, and beganne to talke after this manner to his chaplin […]"
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          "ref": "1587 January, Raphael Holinshed, “Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn”, in The Third Volume of Chronicles, Beginning at Duke William the Norman, Commonlie Called the Conqueror; […], 2nd edition, volume III, London: […] [Henry Denham] […] at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, →OCLC, page 202, column 2:",
          "text": "This yeare alſo was a pꝛoclamation made in London, and thꝛoughout all the realme, that all ſtrangers ſhould auoid the land befoꝛe the feaſt of ſaint Michaell then next following except thoſe that came with merchandize.",
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        {
          "ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, page 8:",
          "text": "Wherupon ſixe of vs onely ſtaied, and the reſt auoyded the Roome.",
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          "ref": "1395, Wycliffe Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:11:",
          "text": "Whanne Y was a litil child, Y spak as a litil child, Y vndurstood as a litil child, Y thouyte as a litil child; but whanne Y was maad a man, Y auoidide tho thingis that weren of a litil child.",
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          "ref": "1587 January, Raphael Holinshed, “The oration of king Richard the third to the chiefteins of his armie”, in The Third Volume of Chronicles, Beginning at Duke William the Norman, Commonlie Called the Conqueror; […], 2nd edition, volume III, London: […] [Henry Denham] […] at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, →OCLC, page 756, column 2:",
          "text": "[…] expell out of your thoughts all douts, auoid out of your minds all feare; and like valiant champions aduance fooꝛth your ſtandards, […]",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 185, column 1:",
          "text": "[…] the ſpirit of my Father, which I thinke is within mee, begins to mutinie againſt this ſeruitude. I will no longer endure it, though yet I know no wiſe remedy how to auoid it.",
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          "ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew iiij:[8–10], folios iiij, recto – iiij, verso:",
          "text": "The devyll […] ſayde vnto hym: all theſe will I geve the / iff thou wilt faull doune and woꝛſhip me. Thẽ ſayde Ieſus vnto hym. Avoyd Satan.",
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          "ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], pages 21–22:",
          "text": "Pray you poore Gentleman, take vp ſome other ſtation: Heere’s no place for you, pray you auoid: Come.",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 18:11, signature Dd, recto, column 2:",
          "text": "And Saul caſt the iauelin; foꝛ hee ſaid, I will ſmite Dauid euen to the wall with it: and Dauid auoided out of his pꝛeſence twice.",
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          "english": "Comus",
          "ref": "1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, page 13:",
          "text": "What need a man foreſtall his date of griefe / And run to meet what he would moſt avoid?",
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        {
          "ref": "1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 340:",
          "text": "He still hoped that he might be able to win some chiefs who remained neutral; and he carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain (A Laurel Book), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published December 1985, →ISBN, part 1 (The Seventh Day), page 20:",
          "text": "Then he realized, by the immobility of the other children and by the way they avoided looking at him, that it was he who was selected for punishment.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To try not to do something or to have something happen."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1395, Wycliffe Bible, Ecclesiasticus 13:6",
          "text": "If thou haue, he shal lyue with thee, and auoide thee out ; and he shal not sorewen vpon thee."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make empty; to clear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1395, Wycliffe Bible, Galatians 3:17:",
          "text": "But Y seie, this testament is confermed of God; the lawe that was maad after foure hundrid and thritti yeer, makith not the testament veyn to auoide awei the biheest.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC, page 233:",
          "text": "[…] how can those graunts of the Kings be avoyded, without wronging of those lords, which had those lands and lordships given them?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "annul",
          "annul"
        ],
        [
          "refute",
          "refute"
        ],
        [
          "contract",
          "contract"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1768, William Blackstone, “Of Pleading”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book III (Of Private Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 309–310:",
          "text": "[…] in an action for treſpaſſing upon land whereof the plaintiff is ſeiſed, if the defendant ſhews a title to the land by deſcent, and that therefore he had a right to enter, and gives colour to the plaintiff, the plaintiff may either traverſe and totally deny the fact of the deſcent; or he may confeſs and avoid it, by replying, that true it is that ſuch deſcent happened, but that ſince the deſcent the defendant himſelf demiſed the lands to the plaintiff for term of life.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defeat or evade; to invalidate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
        [
          "evade",
          "evade"
        ],
        [
          "invalidate",
          "invalidate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1555, Gonzalus Ferdinandus Ouiedus [i.e., Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés], “[The Historie of the Weste Indies]. Of the Ilande of Cuba and other.”, in Peter Martyr of Angleria [i.e., Peter Martyr d’Anghiera], translated by Rycharde Eden [i.e., Richard Eden], The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India, […], London: […] [Rycharde Jug for] Guilhelmi Powell, →OCLC, decade, folio 213, verso:",
          "text": "[…] the citie of Memi where is a great caue oꝛ denne in the which is a ſpꝛynge oꝛ fountayne that continually auoydethe a great quantitie of Bitumen […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1646, Thomas Browne, “Frogges, Toades, and Toad-stone”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 136:",
          "text": "[…] a Toad piſſeth not, nor doe they containe thoſe urinary parts which are found in other animals, to avoid that ſerous excretion; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To emit or throw out; to void."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emit",
          "emit"
        ],
        [
          "void",
          "void"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:",
          "text": "Anone they encountred to gyders / and he with the reed shelde smote hym soo hard that he bare hym ouer to the erthe / There with anone came another Knyght of the castel / and he was smyten so sore that he auoyded his fadel",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1565, Thomas Stapleton (translator), The History of the Church of Englande. Compiled by Venerable Bede, Englishman, Antwerp, Book 5, Chapter 20, pp. 178b-179,\n[…] the bishop commaunded al to auoide the chambre for an houre, and beganne to talke after this manner to his chaplin […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1587 January, Raphael Holinshed, “Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn”, in The Third Volume of Chronicles, Beginning at Duke William the Norman, Commonlie Called the Conqueror; […], 2nd edition, volume III, London: […] [Henry Denham] […] at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, →OCLC, page 202, column 2:",
          "text": "This yeare alſo was a pꝛoclamation made in London, and thꝛoughout all the realme, that all ſtrangers ſhould auoid the land befoꝛe the feaſt of ſaint Michaell then next following except thoſe that came with merchandize.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, page 8:",
          "text": "Wherupon ſixe of vs onely ſtaied, and the reſt auoyded the Roome.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "evacuate",
          "evacuate"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1395, Wycliffe Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:11:",
          "text": "Whanne Y was a litil child, Y spak as a litil child, Y vndurstood as a litil child, Y thouyte as a litil child; but whanne Y was maad a man, Y auoidide tho thingis that weren of a litil child.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1587 January, Raphael Holinshed, “The oration of king Richard the third to the chiefteins of his armie”, in The Third Volume of Chronicles, Beginning at Duke William the Norman, Commonlie Called the Conqueror; […], 2nd edition, volume III, London: […] [Henry Denham] […] at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, →OCLC, page 756, column 2:",
          "text": "[…] expell out of your thoughts all douts, auoid out of your minds all feare; and like valiant champions aduance fooꝛth your ſtandards, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 185, column 1:",
          "text": "[…] the ſpirit of my Father, which I thinke is within mee, begins to mutinie againſt this ſeruitude. I will no longer endure it, though yet I know no wiſe remedy how to auoid it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get rid of."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To get rid of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew iiij:[8–10], folios iiij, recto – iiij, verso:",
          "text": "The devyll […] ſayde vnto hym: all theſe will I geve the / iff thou wilt faull doune and woꝛſhip me. Thẽ ſayde Ieſus vnto hym. Avoyd Satan.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], pages 21–22:",
          "text": "Pray you poore Gentleman, take vp ſome other ſtation: Heere’s no place for you, pray you auoid: Come.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 18:11, signature Dd, recto, column 2:",
          "text": "And Saul caſt the iauelin; foꝛ hee ſaid, I will ſmite Dauid euen to the wall with it: and Dauid auoided out of his pꝛeſence twice.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retire",
          "retire"
        ],
        [
          "depart",
          "depart"
        ],
        [
          "go away",
          "go away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become void or vacant."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈvɔɪd/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔɪd"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "abjure"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "avert"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "avoid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "dodge"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "duck"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "elude"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "escape"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "eschew"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "evade"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "evitate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "get away from"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "tags": [
        "Multicultural-London-English"
      ],
      "word": "long off"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "sack off"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "sidestep"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "shy away from"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "skirt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "shun"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "steer clear"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "word": "swerve"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:avoid",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "waive"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "itzuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "éviter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "ausweichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "elkerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "schivare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "evitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "subject and object reversed",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "desum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kaçmak",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "قاچمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "javitari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "sgavitari"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "esquivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to try not to be hit; to give way",
      "word": "kaçınmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "mënjanoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tajannaba",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "تَجَنَّبَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "etganeb",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "اتجنب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xusapʻel",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "խուսափել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "unikácʹ",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уніка́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ŭnikácʹ",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ўніка́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "uníknucʹ",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уні́кнуць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ŭníknucʹ",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ўні́кнуць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "uxiljácca",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ухіля́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ŭxiljácca",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ўхіля́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "uxilícca",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ухілі́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ŭxilícca",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ўхілі́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otbjagvam",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "отбягвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stranja ot",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "страня от"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "krany",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ကြဉ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìmiǎn",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "避免"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huíbì",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "回避"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miǎnchú",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "免除"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyhnout se pf vyhýbat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "vermijden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "eviti"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "vältima"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "hoiduma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "välttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "karttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "väistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "éviter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "fuir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arideba",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "არიდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "acileba",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "აცილება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "meiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "exalted",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "fernbleiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "biwandjan",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apofévgo",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "αποφεύγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "peripheúgō",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "περιφεύγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭālnā",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "टालना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "elkerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "kerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "seachain"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "evitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakeru",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "避ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "manukareru",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "免れる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "imu",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "斎む"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ciəhviəng",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ជៀសវាង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pihada",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "피하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkeorida",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "꺼리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "līk līang",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ຫຼີກລ້ຽງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "vītō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ēvītō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "elakkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "mengelak"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "tūraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "hohoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zajlsxiix",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "зайлсхийх"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "unngå"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "forbūgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kaçmak",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "قاچمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parhizidan",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "پرهیزیدن"
    },
    {
      "alt": "5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "unikać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uniknąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "evita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ocoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbegátʹ",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "избега́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbežátʹ",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "избежа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uklonjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уклоня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uklonítʹsja",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уклони́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "seachain"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "ngô̰eng wāae",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "ငိူင်ႉဝႄႈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyhnúť sa pf vyhýbať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "undvika"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lìik-lîiang",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "หลีกเลี่ยง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "kaçınmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "unykáty",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уника́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "unýknuty",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уни́кнути"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "uxyljátysja",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ухиля́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "uxylýtysja",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ухили́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "tránh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "tránh xa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to keep away from",
      "word": "né"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to try not to do something",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "saqınmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to try not to do something",
      "word": "vermeiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ṭāḷṇe",
      "sense": "to try not to do something",
      "word": "टाळणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otmenjam",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "отменям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "anuliram",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "анулирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "hylätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "entkräften"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "abwerten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "abschwächen"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "evado"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cuclax",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "цуцлах"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmenjátʹ",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отменя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmenítʹ",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отмени́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "annulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "аннули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate",
      "word": "savuşturmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "avoid"
}

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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Polish: unikać (pl) (5), uniknąć (pl) pf",
  "path": [
    "avoid"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "avoid",
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}

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