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avoid
/əˈvɔɪd/
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What does avoid mean?
verb
- To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
- To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
- To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To try not to do something or to have something happen.
- To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
- To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
- (obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
- (obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
- (obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
- (obsolete) To get rid of.
- (obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
- (obsolete) To become void or vacant.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈvɔɪd/
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The right of nomination would produce all the good of that of appointment, and would in a great measure avoid its evils.
But a resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
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She could not avoid seeing him again, but the outraged Charlie took care that it should not be at very close quarters.
An entity shall not select a valuation method, or divide procurement requirements into separate contracts, to avoid the application of this Chapter.
This was the first time of her brother’s openly siding against her, and anxious to avoid his displeasure, she proposed a compromise.