See avoid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"text": "I try to avoid the company of gamblers."
},
{
"text": "1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 13,\nWhat need a man forestall his date of griefe\nAnd run to meet what he would most avoid?"
},
{
"ref": "1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 13, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 3, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, page 309:",
"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"
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"code": "sq",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "mënjanoj"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tajannaba",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "تَجَنَّبَ"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "etganeb",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "խուսափել"
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"word": "evitar"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "არიდება"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"code": "grc",
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "hi",
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{
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "seachain"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "evitare"
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{
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
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"code": "ja",
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ja",
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "ជៀសវាង"
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "피하다"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "꺼리다"
},
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "lo",
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"roman": "līk līang",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "ຫຼີກລ້ຽງ"
},
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "la",
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"code": "la",
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ms",
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"word": "elakkan"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "mengelak"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "tūraha"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "hohoni"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "zajlsxiix",
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"word": "зайлсхийх"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "no",
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"word": "unngå"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "evitar"
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "forbūgan"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "kaçmak",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "قاچمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "پرهیزیدن"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "unikać"
},
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
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"word": "uniknąć"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "evitar"
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{
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "evita"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "ocoli"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbegátʹ",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "избега́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "seachain"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "ngô̰eng wāae",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "ငိူင်ႉဝႄႈ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vyhnúť sa pf vyhýbať sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "evitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "undvika"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lìik-lîiang",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "หลีกเลี่ยง"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "kaçınmak"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "unykáty",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уника́ти"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "unýknuty",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uxyljátysja",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uxylýtysja",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ухили́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "tránh"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "tránh xa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 72 1 0 2 1 4 7 1 3 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep away from",
"word": "né"
}
]
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{
"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"
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{
"categories": [],
"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."
}
],
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[
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"name": "Law",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"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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