English-Thai Dictionary

avoid

VT หลีกเลี่ยง  หลบเลี่ยง  หลบหลีก  เลี่ยง  หลบ  keep away from flee from abstain from face meet leak-liang

 

avoidance

N การเลี่ยง  การหลีก  การ หลีกเลี่ยง  การ หลบหลีก  escape abstention evasion kan-liang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AVOID

v.t.[Eng. side, void, widow; L. vidua, vito, evito. See Void. ] 1. To shun; to keep at a distance from; that is, literally, to go or be wide from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
2. To shift off, or clear off; as, to avoid expense.
3. To quit; to evacuate; to shun by leaving; as, to avoid the house.
4. To escape; as, to avoid danger.
5. To emit or throw out; as, to avoid excretions. For this, void is now generally used.
6. To make void; to annul or vacate.
The grant cannot be avoided without injustice to the grantee.
7. In pleading, to set up some new matter or distinction, which shall avoid, that is, defeat or evade the allegation of the other party. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by starting new matter.

 

AVOID

v.i.To retire; to withdraw. David avoided out of his presence. 1 Samuel 18:11. [Improper. ]
2. To become void, vacant or empty.
A benefice avoids by common law.

 

AVOIDABLE

a. 1. That may be avoided, left at a distance, shunned or escaped.
2. That may be vacated; liable to be annulled.

 

AVOIDANCE

n. 1. The act of avoiding, or shunning.
2. The act of vacating, or the state of being vacant. It is appropriately used for the state of a benefice becoming void, by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
3. The act of annulling.
4. The course by which any thing is carried off.

 

AVOIDED

pp. Shunned; evaded; made void; ejected.

 

AVOIDER

n. 1. One who avoids, shuns or escapes.
2. The person who carries any thing away; the vessel in which things are carried away.

 

AVOIDING

ppr. Shunning, escaping; keeping at a distance; ejecting; evacuating; making void, or vacant.

 

AVOIDLESS

a.That cannot be avoided; inevitable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AVOID

A *void " (, v. t. [p. & p. p. Avoided; p. pr. & vb. n. Avoiding. ]Etym: [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex ) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See Void, a.]

 

1. To empty. [Obs. ] Wyclif.

 

2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

3. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs. ] Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room. Bacon.

 

4. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. How can these grants of the king's be avoided Spenser.

 

5. To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. What need a man forestall his date of grief. And run to meet what he would most avoid Milton. He carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility. Macaulay.

 

6. To get rid of. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

7. (Pleading )

 

Defn: To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter. Blackstone.

 

Syn. -- To escape; elude; evade; eschew. -- To Avoid, Shun. Avoid in its commonest sense means, to keep clear of, an extension of the meaning, to withdraw one's self from. It denotes care taken not to come near or in contact; as, to avoid certain persons or places. Shun is a stronger term, implying more prominently the idea of intention. The words may, however, in many cases be interchanged.No man can pray from his heart to be kept from temptation, if the take no care of himself to avoid it. Mason. So Chanticleer, who never saw a fox, Yet shunned him as a sailor shuns the rocks. Dryden.

 

AVOID

AVOID A *void ", v. i.

 

1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs. ] David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: To become void or vacant. [Obs. ] Ayliffe.

 

AVOIDABLE

AVOIDABLE A *void "a *ble, a.

 

1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

 

2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

 

AVOIDANCE

AVOIDANCE A *void "ance, n.

 

1. The act of annulling; annulment.

 

2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. Wolsey,... on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

 

3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

 

4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. "The avoidance of pain. " Beattie.

 

5. The courts by which anything is carried off. Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.

 

AVOIDER

AVOIDER A *void "er, n.

 

1. The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away. Johnson.

 

2. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.

 

AVOIDLESS

AVOIDLESS A *void "less, a.

 

Defn: Unavoidable; inevitable.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

avoid

a void |əˈvoid əˈvɔɪd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something ): avoid excessive exposure to the sun. • contrive not to meet (someone ): boys lined up to meet Gloria, but avoided her bossy sister. • not go to or through (a place ): this route avoids downtown Boston. • prevent from happening: make the necessary adjustments to avoid an accident. 2 Law repudiate, nullify, or render void (a decree or contract ). PHRASES avoid someone /something like the plague try hard to avoid someone or something: a place that Robyn normally avoided like the plague. I avoid business lunches like the plague. DERIVATIVES a void ance |əˈvoidns |noun, a void er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French evuider ‘clear out, get rid of, ’ from vuide ‘empty ’ (see void ).

 

avoidable

a void a ble |əˈvoidəbəl əˈvɔɪdəbl | ▶adjective able to be avoided or prevented: the accident was entirely avoidable | avoidable costs. DERIVATIVES a void a bly adverb

 

avoidance relationship

a void ance re la tion ship ▶noun a familial relationship that is forbidden according to rules operating in some traditional societies. In Australian Aboriginal society, for example, mothers-in-law and sons-in-law may not meet face to face or speak directly with one another.

 

avoidant

a void ant |əˈvoidənt əˈvɔɪdənt | ▶adjective Psychology relating to or denoting a type of personality or behavior characterized by the avoidance of intimacy or social interaction. he was also anxious, avoidant, and unable to manage conflict.

 

Oxford Dictionary

avoid

avoid |əˈvɔɪd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something ): avoid excessive exposure to the sun | Gerard avoided meeting his eye. • contrive not to meet (someone ): boys queued up to take Gloria out, but avoided Deirdre. • not go to or through (a place ): this route avoids downtown Boston. • prevent from happening: book early to avoid disappointment. 2 Law repudiate, nullify, or render void (a decree or contract ). PHRASES avoid someone /thing like the plague try hard to avoid someone or something: a place that Robyn normally avoided like the plague. I avoid business lunches like the plague. DERIVATIVES avoidance noun, avoider noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French evuider ‘clear out, get rid of ’, from vuide ‘empty ’ (see void ).

 

avoidable

avoid |able |əˈvɔɪdəbl | ▶adjective able to be avoided or prevented: the accident was entirely avoidable | avoidable costs. DERIVATIVES avoidably adverb

 

avoidance relationship

avoid |ance re ¦la ¦tion |ship ▶noun a familial relationship that is forbidden according to rules operating in some traditional societies. In Australian Aboriginal society, for example, mothers-in-law and sons-in-law may not meet face to face or speak directly with one another.

 

avoidant

avoidant |əˈvoɪdənt | ▶adjective Psychology relating to or denoting a type of personality or behaviour characterized by the avoidance of intimacy or social interaction. he was also anxious, avoidant, and unable to manage conflict.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

avoid

avoid verb 1 I avoid situations that stress me out: keep away from, stay away from, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, fight shy of. ANTONYMS confront. 2 he is trying to avoid responsibility: evade, dodge, sidestep, escape, run away from; informal duck, wriggle out of, get out of, cop out of. ANTONYMS face up to. 3 he jerked back to avoid a wild pitch: dodge, duck, get out of the way of. 4 you've been avoiding me all evening: shun, stay away from, evade, keep one's distance from, elude, hide from; ignore, give the cold shoulder. ANTONYMS seek out. 5 he should avoid drinking alcohol: refrain from, abstain from, desist from, eschew. ANTONYMS indulge in.

 

avoidable

avoidable adjective an avoidable mishap: preventable, stoppable; needless, unnecessary; escapable. ANTONYMS inescapable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

avoid

avoid verb 1 I avoid many of the situations that used to stress me: keep away from, stay away from, steer clear of, circumvent, give a wide berth to, give something a miss, keep at arm's length, fight shy of. ANTONYMS confront. 2 by resigning today, he is trying to avoid responsibility for the political crisis: evade, dodge, sidestep, skirt round, bypass; escape, run away from; informal duck, wriggle out of, cop out of, get out of; Brit. informal funk; Austral. /NZ informal duck-shove; archaic decline. ANTONYMS face up to. 3 Guy jerked back to avoid a blow to the head: duck, dodge, get out of the way of, body-swerve; Scottish & N. English jouk. 4 you've been avoiding me all evening: shun, stay away from, evade, keep one's distance from, hide from, elude; ignore; informal, dated give someone the go-by; archaic bilk. ANTONYMS seek out. 5 women planning to become pregnant should avoid drinking alcohol altogether: refrain from, abstain from, desist from, forbear from, eschew. ANTONYMS indulge.

 

avoidable

avoidable adjective preventable, stoppable, avertible; escapable; needless, unnecessary. ANTONYMS inescapable, inevitable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

avoid

a void /əvɔ́ɪd /〖語源は 「空にする 」〗動詞 ～s /-dz /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉〈事故 危険な事態など 〉を避ける , 防ぐ ▸ avoid a crash [disaster ]衝突 [大災害 ]を避ける ▸ The war must be avoided at all cost .その戦争はなんとしても回避せねばならない 2 〈人が 〉 (意識して )〈人 視線 話題など 〉を避ける, 〈場所など 〉に近寄らないようにする ; 〖avoid doing 〗…しないようにする (╳avoid to doとしない )▸ They avoided each other .彼らは互いを避けた ▸ avoid asking trivial questions つまらない質問を控える 3 〘法 〙〈契約など 〉を無効にする .

 

avoidable

a v ó id a ble 形容詞 1 〈事故などが 〉避けられる .2 〘法 〙〈契約などが 〉無効にできる .a v ó id a bly 副詞

 

avoidance

a void ance /əvɔ́ɪd (ə )ns /名詞 U 1 回避 (すること ), 忌避 .2 〘法 〙(契約や判決などの )無効, 取り消し ▸ tax avoidance 節税, 合法的な税金逃れ