"avoid" meaning in All languages combined

See avoid on Wiktionary

Verb [Inglés]

IPA: /əˈvɔɪd/ [California], /əˈvɔɪd/ [Canada], [əˈvɑɪd] (Ontario, Canadá Occidental) [Canada], [əˈvɔ̝ɪd] (Quebec, Canadá Occidental) [Canada], /əˈvoɪd/ [Australia, New-Zealand] Audio: En-us-avoid.ogg [California]
Forms: avoiding [impersonal, gerund], avoided [impersonal, participle], avoidest [indicative, present, archaic], avoids [third-person, singular, indicative, present], avoideth [third-person, singular, indicative, present, archaic], avoided [first-person, indicative, preterite], avoided [indicative, preterite], avoidedst [indicative, preterite, archaic], avoided [third-person, singular, indicative, preterite], avoided [third-person, plural, indicative, preterite], have avoided [first-person, indicative, compound, past], have avoided [indicative, compound, past], has avoided [third-person, singular, indicative, compound, past], have avoided [third-person, plural, indicative, compound, past], had avoided [first-person, indicative, pluperfect], had avoided [indicative, pluperfect], had avoided [third-person, singular, indicative, pluperfect], had avoided [third-person, plural, indicative, pluperfect], will avoid [first-person, indicative, future], will avoid [indicative, future], will avoid [third-person, singular, indicative, future], will avoid [third-person, plural, indicative, future], will have avoided [first-person, indicative, future, compound], will have avoided [indicative, future, compound], will have avoided [third-person, singular, indicative, future, compound], will have avoided [third-person, plural, indicative, future, compound], would avoid [first-person, conditional], would avoid [second-person, conditional], would avoid [third-person, singular, conditional], would avoid [third-person, plural, conditional], would have avoided [first-person, conditional, compound], would have avoided [second-person, conditional, compound], would have avoided [third-person, singular, conditional, compound], would have avoided [third-person, plural, conditional, compound], avoided [first-person, subjunctive, preterite], avoided [second-person, subjunctive, preterite], avoided [third-person, singular, subjunctive, preterite], avoided [third-person, plural, subjunctive, preterite], let's avoid [third-person, plural, imperative, present]
  1. Rehuir, eludir, esquivar, evitar a una persona.
    Sense id: es-avoid-en-verb-BOOSgk9K
  2. Evitar, eludir, burlar, librar.
    Sense id: es-avoid-en-verb-YvRDjZEj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Evitar, eludir, burlar, librar.): evitate, duck Synonyms (Rehuir, eludir, esquivar, evitar a una persona.): shun
Categories (other): EN:Palabras bisílabas, EN:Palabras de etimología sin precisar, EN:Verbos, EN:Verbos regulares, EN:Verbos transitivos, Inglés
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      "form": "let's avoid",
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        "Rehuir, eludir, esquivar, evitar a una persona."
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              93,
              98
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          "ref": "Martin E. P. Seligman. Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. 2012. ISBN: 9781439190760.",
          "text": "Of course, sometimes it makes sense to analyze bad events so that we can learn from them and avoid them in the future. However, people tend to spend more time thinking about what is bad in life than is helpful.",
          "translation": "Claro que a veces tiene sentido analizar los sucesos negativos para aprender de ellos y evitarlos en el futuro. Sin embargo, la gente tiende a dedicar más tiempo a pensar en lo malo de la vida de lo que resulta útil."
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      "sense": "Evitar, eludir, burlar, librar.",
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      "sense": "Evitar, eludir, burlar, librar.",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Rehuir, eludir, esquivar, evitar a una persona."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              93,
              98
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Martin E. P. Seligman. Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. 2012. ISBN: 9781439190760.",
          "text": "Of course, sometimes it makes sense to analyze bad events so that we can learn from them and avoid them in the future. However, people tend to spend more time thinking about what is bad in life than is helpful.",
          "translation": "Claro que a veces tiene sentido analizar los sucesos negativos para aprender de ellos y evitarlos en el futuro. Sin embargo, la gente tiende a dedicar más tiempo a pensar en lo malo de la vida de lo que resulta útil."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Evitar, eludir, burlar, librar."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-us-avoid.ogg",
      "ipa": "/əˈvɔɪd/",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7b/En-us-avoid.ogg/En-us-avoid.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-avoid.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Received Pronunciation, General American"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "California"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈvɔɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əˈvɑɪd] (Ontario, Canadá Occidental)",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əˈvɔ̝ɪd] (Quebec, Canadá Occidental)",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈvoɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "bisílaba",
      "raw_tags": [
        "longitud silábica"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Rehuir, eludir, esquivar, evitar a una persona.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shun"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Evitar, eludir, burlar, librar.",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "evitate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Evitar, eludir, burlar, librar.",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "duck"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "transitive"
  ],
  "word": "avoid"
}

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