"avoid" meaning in All languages combined

See avoid on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈvɔɪd/ Audio: en-us-avoid.ogg [US] Forms: avoid [canonical], avoids [third-person, singular], avoided [past], avoided [past, participle], avoiding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you avoid something, you stay away from it or you don't do it.
    Sense id: simple-avoid-en-verb-uABxFEKC
     
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