elude

Signification (English)

1. To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
2. To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
3. To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
4. To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.

Concepts

éviter

échapper

parer

esquiver

échapper à

éluder

s’abstenir de

se dérober

se soustraire à

s’évader

être exempté

canard

🦆

se soustraire

évacuer

inaperçu

jupe

laisser passer

sortir

Synonyms

evade

avoid

escape

dodge

shirk

circumvent

duck

🦆

sidestep

shun

avert

steer clear of

flee

bilk

get away from

keep away from

prevaricate

put off

hedge

bypass

equivocate

slip

skirt

fudge

ward off

parry

escape from

mislead

miss

mystify

ornament

outrun

palter

puzzle

quibble

run away

shake off

shift

shuffle

sidetrack

slip away

sneak away

stampede

tergiversate

wriggle

yield

endeavor not to meet

keep clear of

take flight

turn aside

be rescued from

be exempted

be relieved from pain

fall to seize

stay away from

squeak by

abstain from

squeak through

adorn

avoidance

beat a retreat

bedeck

bolt

break

break loose

bunk

cheat

clear

confuse

decorate

double

embellish

evasion

fend off

fly

✈️

fool

get away

get rid of

hightail it

keep off

lam

let slip

lose

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪˈljuːd/

Étymologie (English)

From Latin ēlūdō (“evade, elude”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + lūdō (“play; trick”).