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evade

/ɪˈveɪd/ih-VAYD
/ɪˈveɪd/ih-VAYD

Meaningto go out; to slip away

Common meaning: to escape or avoid

‘out’ + ‘to go’ → evade

Journey through time

  1. Latinvādō, vāsī‘to go’
  2. Englishevade‘to escape or avoid’ · today

e- also in: emitejecteraseerecterode

vad also in: invadeinvasion

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vādō ‘to go’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vādō, p. 1951 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

invadeinvasion

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