unngå — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- except preposition Used to introduce something left out of a general statement.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
Senses
unngå is used for these senses in English:
- cheat (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- except (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
- shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
avoid — full definition
- verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
- verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.
cheat — full definition
- verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
- verb To be sexually or romantically unfaithful to a partner.
- verb To deceive or trick someone, often to take something from them.
- noun A person who cheats, or an act of cheating.