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unikać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
  • escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  • shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.

Senses

unikać is used for these senses in English:

  • avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
  • escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
  • shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.

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.

escape — full definition

  1. verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  2. verb To avoid something unpleasant, such as punishment or notice.
  3. noun The act of getting free from a dangerous, confining, or unwanted situation.

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