elude

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verb

1. escape, either physically or mentally (Freq. 2)
- The thief eluded the police
- This difficult idea seems to evade her
- The event evades explanation
• Syn:
evade, bilk
• Derivationally related forms:
evasion (for: evade), elusive, elusion, eluding
• Hypernyms:
escape, get away, break loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. be incomprehensible to;
escape understanding by (Freq. 1)
- What you are seeing in him eludes me
• Syn:
escape
• Derivationally related forms:
elusive
• Hypernyms:
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle,
mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox,
stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
• Hyponyms:
defy, resist, refuse
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to elude Sue
3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
• Syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent,
parry, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
• Derivationally related forms:
dodge (for: dodge), dodger (for: dodge), dodging (for: dodge), circumvention (for: circumvent), evasion (for: evade), hedge (for: hedge), hedger (for: hedge), hedging (for: hedge)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
beg, quibble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  escape, evade, bilk