избежа́ть — meaning in English
izbezhat
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English meaning
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
- miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
Senses
избежа́ть is used for these senses in English:
- avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
- dodge (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- evade (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
- miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
- shun (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
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.
dodge — full definition
- verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
- noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.