Meaning & use
Avoided
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Kept away from or did not do something, especially deliberately.
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She avoided eye contact during the awkward conversation.
The driver avoided the pothole by swerving slightly.
A note on using this word
Past tense of 'avoid,' from Old French 'evuider,' meaning to empty out or get rid of.
Words with a similar meaning
evadeddodgedshunned
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Words with an opposite meaning
confrontedfaced
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