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elude
shun, dodge, escape, avoid, evade: elude the police
Not to be confused with:
allude – hint, intimate, suggest; to refer to casually; an indirect reference: allude to a mutual friend
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e·lude
(ĭ-lo͞od′)tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes
1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect eluded the police. See Synonyms at evade.
2. To escape the memory or understanding of: a name that eludes me; a point that eluded the audience.
3. To be unattained by: Another championship eluded her.
[Latin ēlūdere : ē-, ex-, ex- + lūdere, to play (from lūdus, play; see leid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
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elude
(ɪˈluːd)vb (tr)
1. to escape or avoid (capture, one's pursuers, etc), esp by cunning
2. to avoid fulfilment of (a responsibility, obligation, etc); evade
3. to escape discovery, or understanding by; baffle: the solution eluded her.
[C16: from Latin ēlūdere to deceive, from lūdere to play]
eˈluder n
elusion n
Usage: Elude is sometimes wrongly used where allude is meant: he was alluding (not eluding) to his previous visit to the city
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e•lude
(ɪˈlud)v.t. e•lud•ed, e•lud•ing.
1. to avoid capture or escape detection by; evade.
2. to escape the perception or comprehension of: His popularity eludes me.
[1530–40; < Latin ēlūdere to deceive, evade =ē- e- + lūdere to play]
e•lud′er, n.
syn: See escape.
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elude
Past participle: eluded
Gerund: eluding
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| Verb | 1. |  elude - escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"escape, get away, break loose - run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| 2. | elude - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" | |
| 3. | elude - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" beg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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elude
verb
1. evade, escape, lose, avoid, flee, duck (informal), dodge, get away from, shake off, run away from, circumvent, outrun, body-swerve (Scot.) The thieves managed to elude the police for months.
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elude
verb1. To keep away from:
Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.
2. To get away from (a pursuer):
Slang: shake.
Idiom: give someone the shake.
3. To fail to be fixed by the mind, memory, or senses of:
Idiom: slip away from.
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Translations
يَتَمَلَّص من
ikke kunne huskeikke rigtigt fatteundslippe
kifogmegmenekül
reynast óskiljanlegursleppa undan
būti nepagaunamamišslystinepagaunamaspasprukti nuo
iziet no prātaizvairītiesnespēt atcerēties
anlayamamamakatlatmakhatırlayamamakkurtulmak
elude
[ɪˈluːd] VT [+ pursuer] → burlar; [+ capture, arrest] → eludir, escapar a; [+ grasp, blow] → esquivar, zafarse de; [+ question] → eludir; [+ obligation] → eludir, zafarse dethe answer has so far eluded us → hasta ahora no hemos dado con la respuesta
his name eludes me → ahora no recuerdo su nombre
success has eluded him → el éxito le ha eludido or le ha sido esquivo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
elude
vt observation, justice → sich entziehen (+dat); sb’s gaze → ausweichen (+dat); police, enemy → entkommen (+dat), → entwischen (+dat); to elude capture → entkommen; the principle eluded his grasp → er konnte das Prinzip nicht erfassen; sleep eluded her → sie konnte keinen Schlaf finden; the name eludes me → der Name ist mir entfallen; the title still eludes him → der Titel fehlt ihm immer noch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
elude
[ɪˈluːd] vt (arrest, pursuit, enemy, observation) → sfuggire a; (question) → eluderesuccess has eluded him → il successo non gli ha arriso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
elude
(iˈluːd) verb1. to escape or avoid by quickness or cleverness. He eluded his pursuers.
2. to be too difficult etc for (a person) to understand or remember. The meaning of this poem eludes me.
eˈlusive (-siv) adjective escaping or vanishing, often or cleverly. an elusive criminal.
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