AVOID
\ɐvˈɔ͡ɪd], \ɐvˈɔɪd], \ɐ_v_ˈɔɪ_d]\
Definitions of AVOID
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea"
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refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
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refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
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refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
By Princeton University
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To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
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To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
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To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
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To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
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To get rid of.
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To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
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To retire; to withdraw.
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To become void or vacant.
By Oddity Software
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To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
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To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
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To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
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To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
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To get rid of.
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To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
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To retire; to withdraw.
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To become void or vacant.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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