Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to avoid
Participle: avoided
Gerund: avoiding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | avoid |
| you | avoid |
| he;she;it | avoids |
| we | avoid |
| you | avoid |
| they | avoid |
Perfect
| I | have avoided |
| you | have avoided |
| he;she;it | has avoided |
| we | have avoided |
| you | have avoided |
| they | have avoided |
Past
| I | avoided |
| you | avoided |
| he;she;it | avoided |
| we | avoided |
| you | avoided |
| they | avoided |
Pluperfect
| I | had avoided |
| you | had avoided |
| he;she;it | had avoided |
| we | had avoided |
| you | had avoided |
| they | had avoided |
Future
| I | will avoid |
| you | will avoid |
| he;she;it | will avoid |
| we | will avoid |
| you | will avoid |
| they | will avoid |
Future Perfect
| I | will have avoided |
| you | will have avoided |
| he;she;it | will have avoided |
| we | will have avoided |
| you | will have avoided |
| they | will have avoided |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | avoid |
| you | avoid |
| he;she;it | avoid |
| we | avoid |
| you | avoid |
| they | avoid |
Perfect
| I | have avoided |
| you | have avoided |
| he;she;it | have avoided |
| we | have avoided |
| you | have avoided |
| they | have avoided |
Imperfect
| I | avoided |
| you | avoided |
| he;she;it | avoided |
| we | avoided |
| you | avoided |
| they | avoided |
Pluperfect
| I | had avoided |
| you | had avoided |
| he;she;it | had avoided |
| we | had avoided |
| you | had avoided |
| they | had avoided |
Conditional
Present
| I | would avoid |
| you | would avoid |
| he;she;it | would avoid |
| we | would avoid |
| you | would avoid |
| they | would avoid |
Perfect
| I | would have avoided |
| you | would have avoided |
| he;she;it | would have avoided |
| we | would have avoided |
| you | would have avoided |
| they | would have avoided |
Imperative
| you | avoid |
| we | Let's avoid |
| you | avoid |
Verbs conjugated like 'avoid'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'avoid'
void,
abord,
aid,
anoil,
avail,
avoke,
avow,
broid,
devoid,
loid,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to abstain from
- abjure
- to keep away from
- abjure, avert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evitate, get away from, mithe, shun, shy away from, sidestep, skirt, steer clear, waive
- evade
- escape, elude, parry, shun, dodge, avert, eschew, withdraw
Antonyms
- to keep away from
- come to grips with, confront, deal with, engage, get to grips with, take the bull by the horns
- evade
- approach, face, confront, meet
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1300, from Anglo-Fr.
avoider "to clear out, withdraw (oneself)," from O.Fr.
esvuider "to empty out," from
es- "out" +
vuidier "to be empty" (see void). Originally a law term; modern sense of "have nothing to do with" was also in M.E. and corresponds to O.Fr.
eviter with which it was perhaps confused. Meaning "escape, evade" first attested 1530.
2. From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”). See: Anglo-Norman '
avoider'.
Verbs referencing "avoid"
Cornish
avoydya.
Sample Sentences
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[...] 's seat, the gentleman who accompanies her gives him notice of the fact, and he immediately vacates it with great politeness. Politics are much discussed, so are banks, so is cotton. Quiet people avoid the question of the Presidency, for there will be a new election in three years and a half, and party feeling runs very high: the great constitutional feature of this institution being, that [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] But I may venture to say, after conversing with many members of the medical profession in America, that I am not singular in the opinion that much of the disease which does prevail, might be avoided, if a few common precautions were observed. Greater means of personal cleanliness, are indispensable to this end; the custom of hastily swallowing large quantities of animal food, three times [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to think of something to say by way of consolation. Emmeline wanted to say something, but she could not think of anything to say. What was there to be said ? As by a common consent, they both avoided, with fear and dread, all mention of the horrible man who was now their master.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Gradually, the staircase that led to the garret, and even the passage-way to the staircase, were avoided by every one in the house, from every one fearing to speak of it, and the legend was gradually falling into desuetude. It had suddenly occurred to Cassy to make use of the superstitious [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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For many years of her life, the author avoided all reading upon or allusion to the subject of slavery, considering it as too painful to be inquired into, and one which advancing light and civilization would certainly live down. But, since the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)