To keep away from;
Keep clear of;
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To stay away from (someone or something);
To prevent the occurrence of (something bad, unpleasant, etc. )
Definition of avoid verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
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The meaning of avoid is to keep away from :
How to use avoid in a sentence.
Synonym discussion of avoid.
Avoid means to succeed in keeping away from a dangerous or undesirable experience.
In law, to avoid means to make void or of no effect;
To invalidate.
Tax avoidance, for example, could be.
To stay away from someone or something:
To prevent something from happening or to not allow.
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Avoid, escape mean to come through a potentially harmful or unpleasant experience, without suffering serious consequences.
To avoid is to succeed in keeping away from something.
If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them.
When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic.