avoid
/əˈvɔɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.87 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I avoided the slap easily."
- "One town was flooded from the storm, while the other town avoided the storm."
- "I try to avoid the company of gamblers."
- "What need a man foreſtall his date of griefe / And run to meet what he would moſt avoid?"
- "He still hoped that he might be able to win some chiefs who remained neutral; and he carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility."
- "England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004."
Etymology
From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”).