避免 — meaning in English

English meaning

• avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
• circumvent verb To find a way around an obstacle, rule, or difficulty rather than dealing with it directly.

Senses

避免 is used for these senses in English:

• avoid (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
• circumvent (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass

avoid — full definition

1. verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
2. verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
3. verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.