evade

verb [T]

/ɪˈveɪd/

Definition

› formal to avoid or escape from someone or something: The police have assured the public that the escaped prisoners will not evade recapture for long. She leaned forward to kiss him but he evaded her by pretending to sneeze. An Olympic gold medal is the only thing that has evaded her in her remarkable career. [+ -ing verb] He can't evade doing military service forever.Avoiding actionLaziness and lazy peopleRunning away and escaping evade the issue, question, etc. › to intentionally not talk about something or not answer something: Just give me an answer and stop evading the question!Digressing and being indirect or evasiveMoving in order to avoid contactNot saying much

(Definition of evade verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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