"circumvent" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səːkəmˈvɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-circumvent.wav Forms: circumvents [present, singular, third-person], circumventing [participle, present], circumvented [participle, past], circumvented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker- (turn)||*gʷem-}}, {{lbor|en|la|circumveniō}} Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō Head templates: {{en-verb}} circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)
  1. (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass Tags: transitive Translations (to avoid or get around something): заобика́лям (zaobikáljam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), заобиколя́ (zaobikoljá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), evitar (Catalan), circumvalar (Catalan), 規避 (Chinese Mandarin), 规避 (guībì) (Chinese Mandarin), omgå (Danish), omzeilen (Dutch), contourner (French), გვერდის ავლა (gverdis avla) (Georgian), გარს შემოვლა (gars šemovla) (Georgian), umgehen (German), eludere (Italian), circonvenire (Italian), honi (Maori), hohoni (Maori), taku (Maori), contornar (Portuguese), înconjura (Romanian), ocoli (Romanian), conturna (Romanian), обходи́ть (obxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обойти́ (obojtí) [perfective] (Russian), evitar (Spanish), eludir (Spanish), baipasear (Spanish), circunvalar (Spanish), kringgå (Swedish), обійти (obijty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-circumvent-en-verb-MmbDm54w Disambiguation of 'to avoid or get around something': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive) to surround or besiege Tags: transitive Translations (to surround or besiege): rodejar (Catalan), bordejar (Catalan), circumvalar (Catalan), omringe (Danish), cerner (French), umlagern (German), timpeallaigh (Irish), circondare (Italian), rodear (Portuguese), cercar (Portuguese), обойти́ (obojtí) (Russian), rodear (Spanish), bordear (Spanish), circunvalar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-circumvent-en-verb-A00bKQm3 Disambiguation of 'to surround or besiege': 2 97 1
  3. (transitive) to outwit or outsmart Tags: transitive Translations (to outwit): надхитрявам (nadhitrjavam) (Bulgarian), изигравам (izigravam) (Bulgarian), burlar (no en el sentit de mofar) (Catalan), circonvenir (French), მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba) (Georgian), ausmanövrieren (German), обойти́ (obojtí) (Russian), circunvenir (Spanish), sortear (Spanish), burlar (Spanish), перехитрити (perexytryty) (Ukrainian), обійти (alt: закон) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-circumvent-en-verb-rI~CNlKL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 11 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 16 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 14 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 12 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 12 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 17 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 11 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 12 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 11 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 11 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of 'to outwit': 5 3 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circumvene Derived forms: circumventable, circumvental, circumventer, circumvential, circumventingly, circumvention, circumventive, circumventor Related terms: circumvention, circumventive

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "cercar"
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          "roman": "nadhitrjavam",
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          "roman": "izigravam",
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          "sense": "to outwit",
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          "_dis1": "5 3 92",
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          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "circonvenir"
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          "_dis1": "5 3 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moṭq̇ueba",
          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "მოტყუება"
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          "_dis1": "5 3 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "ausmanövrieren"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obojtí",
          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "обойти́"
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          "_dis1": "5 3 92",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "circunvenir"
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          "sense": "to outwit",
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          "_dis1": "5 3 92",
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          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "burlar"
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          "_dis1": "5 3 92",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "perexytryty",
          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "перехитрити"
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          "_dis1": "5 3 92",
          "alt": "закон",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "sense": "to outwit",
          "word": "обійти"
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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          "ref": "1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:",
          "text": "The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.",
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        "(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass"
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        "(transitive) to surround or besiege"
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          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 279–280:",
          "text": "We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to outwit or outsmart"
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          "outwit",
          "outwit"
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          "outsmart",
          "outsmart"
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        "(transitive) to outwit or outsmart"
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      "ipa": "/səːkəmˈvɛnt/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnt"
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      "word": "circumvene"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaobikáljam",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заобика́лям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaobikoljá",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заобиколя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "circumvalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "規避"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guībì",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "规避"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "omgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "omzeilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "contourner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gverdis avla",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "გვერდის ავლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gars šemovla",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "გარს შემოვლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "umgehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "eludere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "circonvenire"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "honi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "hohoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "taku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "contornar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "înconjura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "ocoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "conturna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obxodítʹ",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obojtí",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "evitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "eludir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "baipasear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "circunvalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "kringgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obijty",
      "sense": "to avoid or get around something",
      "word": "обійти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "rodejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "bordejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "circumvalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "omringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "cerner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "umlagern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "timpeallaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "circondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "rodear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obojtí",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "обойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "rodear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "bordear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to surround or besiege",
      "word": "circunvalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadhitrjavam",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "надхитрявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izigravam",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "изигравам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "burlar (no en el sentit de mofar)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "circonvenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moṭq̇ueba",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "მოტყუება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "ausmanövrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obojtí",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "обойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "circunvenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "sortear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "burlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexytryty",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "перехитрити"
    },
    {
      "alt": "закон",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "sense": "to outwit",
      "word": "обійти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circumvent"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": obijty (zakon) vs. закон",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "circumvent",
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}

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