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Meanings of elude in English

Portuguese
evitar
Catalan
evitar
Spanish
rehuir

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

evitar
Catalan
escapar-se

Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.

escapar-se
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Examples for "escape"
Examples for "escape"
1
Last year his parents decided he should try to escape to Europe.
The Guardian
2
How can this visit help me answer the question I can't escape?
Mockingjay
3
Neither side will escape challenge: this research will impact on the vote.
The Guardian
4
They allow people to escape their reality and enter a new one.
The new yorker
5
Now he decided a different course of escape might be in order.
Dhampir
Usage of elude in English
1
The wonder comes in the manner in which they elude the police.
The Blind Spot
2
However, feeling ready is what may elude you more until next week.
Ebony
3
He can elude you; and will be acquitted by the general verdict.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
4
That's actually a very simple answer, one that seems to elude many.
Wired
5
A home winner continues to elude the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
The Irish Times
6
There was not enough room for her to elude Vulgnash for long.
The Wyrmling Horde
7
Only the perfectly selfless man can elude the gravitation of material life.
Reincarnation: A Study in Human Evolution
8
We're not strong enough to elude Coryphene's soldiers and defy Uriona's magic.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
9
I remember the people, but in retrospect, their destinations always elude me.
Wired
10
At such dark hour the craft of this madman would elude pursuit.
Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
11
The potentialities with which these tasks are endowed elude our shrewdest calculations.
Messages to America / Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed ...
12
By making concessions apparently candid and ample, they elude the great accusation.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
13
Somewhat to her surprise, Indiana made no effort to elude the challenge.
The Custom of the Country
14
Perhaps there is no species of friendship more sure to elude publicity.
The Friendships of Women
15
No spoor, however faint, could elude the keen vigilance of his senses.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
16
Unable however to elude her grasp he fell down upon his knees.
Damon and Delia: A Tale
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Translations for elude
Elude through the time
Elude across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common