avoid

(Angielski)

  1. (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
  2. (transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
  3. (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
  4. (transitive) To try not to do something or to have something happen.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To make empty; to clear.
  6. (transitive) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
  7. (transitive) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To emit or throw out; to void.
  9. (obsolete, transitive) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
  10. (obsolete, transitive) To get rid of.
  11. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
  12. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.

Częstotliwość

B1
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/əˈvɔɪd/
Etymologia (Angielski)

In summary

From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”).

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