Synonyms: evade, elude, circumvent, shirk, sidestep, steer clear of, avert, bilk
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /əˈvɔɪ̯d/ |
| Hyphenation | a·void |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑩𐑝𐑶𐑛 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐯𐑂𐐱𐐮𐐼 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) avoid | (I) avoided |
| (thou) avoidest | (thou) avoidedst |
| (he) avoids, avoideth | (he) avoided |
| (we) avoid | (we) avoided |
| (you) avoid | (you) avoided |
| (they) avoid | (they) avoided |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) avoid | (I) avoided |
| (thou) avoid | (thou) avoided |
| (he) avoid | (he) avoided |
| (we) avoid | (we) avoided |
| (you) avoid | (you) avoided |
| (they) avoid | (they) avoided |
| Imperative mood | |
| avoid | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| avoiding | avoided |
| Afrikaans | vermy |
|---|---|
| Catalan | evitar |
| Danish | undgå |
| Dutch | mijden; ontwijken; vermijden |
| Esperanto | eviti |
| Faeroese | sleppa frá |
| Finnish | välttää |
| French | éviter |
| German | ausweichen; meiden; vermeiden; entgehen |
| Italian | evitare |
| Latin | vitare |
| Malay | hindari; menghindari |
| Papiamento | evitá |
| Polish | unikać |
| Portuguese | evitar |
| Romanian | evita |
| Saterland Frisian | uutwieke; miede; fermiede; äntwieke |
| Scots | evite |
| Spanish | evitar |
| Swedish | kringgå; undfly |