AVOID definition: 1. to stay away from someone or something: 2. to prevent something from happening or to not allow…. Learn more.

1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person. 2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling. 3. Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul.

If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic.

avoid (third-person singular simple present avoids, present participle avoiding, simple past and past participle avoided) (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.

Avoid, escape mean to come through a potentially harmful or unpleasant experience, without suffering serious consequences. To avoid is to succeed in keeping away from something dangerous or undesirable: to avoid meeting an enemy.

AVOID definition: to keep away from; keep clear of; shun. See examples of avoid used in a sentence.

avoid definition: keep away from or stop oneself from doing. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "avoid at all costs", "avoid feeding the trolls", "avoid like the plague".

verb transitive To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. verb transitive, obsolete To make empty; to clear.