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# evade

«evade» in Mova's school dictionary: **To escape from or keep away from someone or something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (evade, evades, evaded, evading)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To escape from or keep away from someone or something, like a chaser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#m1)

2) To avoid answering a question or doing something you should do, often by being clever or dishonest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and games, a character evades capture or guards. In sport, a player evades a tackle. In law and money, «evading tax» means not paying tax you owe, which is a crime. In discussions, «evading the question» means not answering. Phrases: «evade capture», «evade the question», «tax evasion».

### examples

- The fox evaded the hounds by running into the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#x1)
- The winger evaded two defenders and scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#x2)
- He evaded my question by changing the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#x3)
- The thief evaded the police for weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#x4)
- Some animals evade predators by hiding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#x5)
- Evading tax is against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#x6)
- You will not evade your challenge in that way, my love, and you shall run with me or you shall run to your ship with me behind you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: evasion; adjective: evasive (not giving clear answers). Trap: «tax evasion» is illegal, while «tax avoidance» uses legal tricks.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «evade» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evade/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.