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| VERB | 1 | avoid | Stay clear from |
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| 2 | avoid, debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off | Prevent the occurrence of | |
| 3 | avoid | Refrain from doing something | |
| 4 | avoid, keep off | Refrain from certain foods or beverages | |
| 5 | avoid, invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify | Declare invalid |
| Sounds | ahvoy'd |
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| Rhymes | adenoid, alkaloid, amyloid, and 34 more rhymes in oyd... |
| Meaning | Stay clear from. Keep away from. Keep out of the way of someone or something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| Contrary | confront, face up, face |
| Narrower | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep; miss, escape; get off, get away, get by, get out, escape; bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around; keep off, stay off; shirk; shy away from; shun, eschew |
| Entailed by | ostracize, ostracise |
| Nouns | avoidance |
| Meaning | Prevent the occurrence of. Prevent from happening. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Let's avoid a confrontation" |
| Synonyms | debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid |
| Adjectives | avoidable |
| Meaning | Refrain from doing something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
| Examples | "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" |
| Narrower | fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick |
| Meaning | Refrain from certain foods or beverages. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" |
| Synonyms | keep off |
| Broader | abstain, refrain, desist |
| Meaning | Declare invalid. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify |
| Contrary | validate, formalize, formalise |
| Broader | cancel, strike down |
| Narrower | break; stet |
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