avoid

v. evade, escape; keep away from; prevent, keep from happening; nullify, make void (Law)

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Verb
1. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
(antonym) confront, face up, face
(hyponym) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
(derivation) avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging
2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
(synonym) debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off
(hypernym) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
3. refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
(hyponym) fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
4. refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
(synonym) keep off
(hypernym) abstain, refrain, desist
5. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
(synonym) invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) break

v. vyhýbat se

Czas. unikać; unikać