avoid

avoid
transitive verb
1) (keep away from) meiden [Ort]

avoid an obstacle/a cyclist — einem Hindernis/Radfahrer ausweichen

2) (refrain from) vermeiden

avoid doing something — vermeiden, etwas zu tun

3) (escape) vermeiden
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[ə'void]
verb
(to keep away from (a place, person or thing): He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money.) ausweichen; vermeiden
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avoid
[əˈvɔɪd]
vt
1. (stay away from)
to \avoid sb/sth jdn/etw meiden [o aus dem Weg gehen]
to \avoid sb's eyes jds Blicken ausweichen
to \avoid sb/sth like the plague jdn/etw wie die Pest meiden fam
2. (prevent sth happening)
to \avoid sth etw vermeiden [o umgehen]
I'm not going if I can possibly \avoid it wenn ich es irgendwie vermeiden kann, werde ich nicht [hin]gehen
to \avoid the danger die Gefahr meiden; (specific occasion) der Gefahr entgehen
to narrowly \avoid sth etw dat knapp entgehen
to studiously \avoid sth etw sorgfältig vermeiden
3. (not hit)
to \avoid sth obstacle etw dat ausweichen
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[ə'vɔɪd]
vt
vermeiden; damage, accident also verhüten; person meiden, aus dem Weg gehen (+dat); obstacle ausweichen (+dat); difficulty, duty, truth umgehen

to avoid danger (in general) — die Gefahr meiden; (on a specific occasion) der Gefahr (dat) entgehen

in order to avoid being seen — um nicht gesehen zu werden

he'd do anything to avoid washing the dishes — er würde alles tun, um nur nicht abwaschen zu müssen

I'm not going if I can possibly avoid it — wenn es sich irgendwie vermeiden lässt, gehe ich nicht

... you can hardly avoid visiting them — ... dann kommst du wohl kaum darum herum or kannst du es wohl schlecht vermeiden, sie zu besuchen

to avoid sb's eye — jds Blick (dat) ausweichen, es vermeiden, jdn anzusehen

to avoid being noticed — möglichst unbemerkt bleiben

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avoid [əˈvɔıd] v/t
1. (ver)meiden, jemandem oder einer Sache ausweichen oder (fig) aus dem Wege gehen, eine Pflicht oder Schwierigkeit umgehen, einer Gefahr entgehen, -rinnen:
avoid sb jemanden meiden;
avoid arrest sich seiner Verhaftung entziehen;
avoid doing sth es vermeiden, etwas zu tun;
he avoided answering my questions er wich meinen Fragen aus; plague A 1
2. JUR
a) aufheben, annullieren
b) anfechten
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transitive verb
1) (keep away from) meiden [Ort]

avoid an obstacle/a cyclist — einem Hindernis/Radfahrer ausweichen

2) (refrain from) vermeiden

avoid doing something — vermeiden, etwas zu tun

3) (escape) vermeiden
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v.
aus dem Weg gehen ausdr.
meiden v.
(§ p.,pp.: mied, gemieden)
vermeiden v.

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