EVADE
What does "EVADE" mean?
To escape or avoid something by cleverness, trickery, or maneuvering.
Meanings
- To get away from or avoid a pursuer, threat, or duty by skill or cunning. The fugitive evaded the police for months.
- To avoid answering or dealing with something directly. He evaded every question about the budget.
- To escape the grasp or understanding of someone. The melody evaded her, just out of memory's reach. figurative
Word origin
From Latin 'evadere' (to go out, escape), from 'e-' (out) plus 'vadere' (to go, to walk), the same 'vadere' root behind 'invade' and 'wade'.
Remember it
EVADE and INVADE share the root 'vadere' (to go) - one goes out (e-) to escape, the other goes in (in-) to attack.
A little poem
The question hangs there.
He answers a different one-
smiles, and slips the net.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why are 'evade' and 'invade' opposites that get along? They walk the same root - one just goes out the door, the other comes in.
What it teaches
You can evade a question all day; the thing it asks about waits for you anyway.
Quick facts
What does EVADE mean?
To escape or avoid something by cleverness, trickery, or maneuvering.
Is EVADE a valid word?
Yes — EVADE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EVADE?
EVADE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EVADE come from?
From Latin 'evadere' (to go out, escape), from 'e-' (out) plus 'vadere' (to go, to walk), the same 'vadere' root behind 'invade' and 'wade'.
What can EVADE teach us?
You can evade a question all day; the thing it asks about waits for you anyway.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.