vermeiden — meaning in English

English meaning

• avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
• shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
• sidestep noun A step to the side.

Senses

vermeiden is used for these senses in English:

• avoid (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
• avoid (transitive) To try not to do something or to have something happen.
• head off (transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
• shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
• sidestep (transitive, figurative) To avoid or dodge.

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.

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