Definizione monolingua

avoid

avoid (third-person singular simple present avoids, present participle avoiding, simple past and past participle avoided)

1. (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4:

     The devyll [...] sayde unto hym: all these will I geve the, iff thou wilt faull doune and worship me. Then sayde Jesus unto hym. Avoyde Satan.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
3. (transitive, now, law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
4. (transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendants plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:

     And therewith anone cam another knyght of the castell; and he was smyttyn so sore that he avoyded hys sadyll.

7. (transitive) (obsolete) To get rid of.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
9. (intransitive) (obsolete) To become void or vacant.

Definizione dizionario avoid

	evitare
	to keep away from
	Fare in modo che qualcosa non accada.
	Do something in such a way that it does not happen.

	aggirare
	Tentare di evitare, di superare o di risolvere un ostacolo, una difficoltà, un problema etc. , senza affrontarli direttamente.
	Trying not to encounter a hurdle or to overcome a difficulty, a problem etc. without dealing directly with it.

adornare

allontanarsi

annullare

decorare

dribblare

parcheggiarsi

rescindere

rifuggire

scampare

scansare

schivare

scongiurare

sfuggire

Altri significati:

(intransitive) (obsolete) To become void or vacant.

(law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate

(transitive, law) 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.

(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

(intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.

(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.

(transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.

avoid (physical contact with)

(transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.

(transitive) (obsolete) To get rid of.

(transitive, now, law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).