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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

English

French

avoid [Brit əˈvɔɪd, Am əˈvɔɪd] VB trans

1. avoid (prevent):

avoid accident, error, dispute, penalty: éviter

to avoid doing: éviter de faire

it is to be avoided: c'est à éviter

2. avoid (keep away from):

avoid person, location, nuisance: éviter

avoid gaze: éviter

avoid issue, question: esquiver

3. avoid LAW (invalidate):

avoid contract: annuler

so as to avoid any misunderstanding: pour qu'il n'y ait pas de malentendus

studiously avoid, ignore: délibérément

to avoid or shun the limelight: ne pas se faire remarquer

in order to avoid unpleasantness: pour éviter toute dissension

French

English

évitez le surmenage: avoid overworking

éviter obstacle, piéton: to avoid

je n'ai pas pu éviter l'arbre: I couldn't avoid the tree

éviter personne: to avoid

depuis, elle m'évite: since then, she's been avoiding me

éviter problème, crise, erreur, dérapage: to avoid

pour éviter la contagion: to avoid being infected

éviter qc/de faire: to avoid sth/doing

évitez le sucre ou de manger du sucre: avoid sugar ou eating sugar

s'éviter: to avoid one another

défiscalisez en faisant: avoid tax by doing

déjouer les pièges de l'ennemi: to avoid the traps set by the enemy

tromper la vigilance de qn: to avoid detection by

in the PONS Dictionary

English

French

avoid [əˈvɔɪd] VB trans

avoid: éviter

to avoid sb/sth like the plague: éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid doing sth: éviter de faire qc

alcohol should be avoided: éviter l'alcool

you're avoiding the issue: tu esquives la question

to avoid sb like the plague: éviter qc comme la peste

French

English

manœuvre d'évitement: avoiding action

éviter erreur, endroit, regard, conflit: to avoid

éviter de faire qc: to avoid doing sth

évite de passer par Lyon: avoid going via Lyon

il m'évite: he's avoiding me

pour éviter d'aller en prison: to avoid going to prison

s'éviter: to avoid each other

s'éviter des soucis/tracas: to avoid worries/trouble

se protéger des curieux: to avoid the eyes of onlookers

s'abstenir de vin/de tabac: to avoid wine/tobacco

craindre/éviter qn/qc comme la peste: to fear/avoid sb/sth like the plague

pour éviter l'équivoque: to avoid any misunderstanding

limiter les dégâts: to avoid the worst

échapper à qc: to avoid sth

échapper au contrôle: to avoid the checkpoint

in the PONS Dictionary

English

French

avoid [ə·ˈvɔɪd] VB trans

avoid: éviter

to avoid sb/sth like the plague: éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid doing sth: éviter de faire qc

alcohol should be avoided: on devrait éviter l'alcool

you're avoiding the issue: tu esquives la question

to avoid sb/sth like the plague: éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid [or miss] sb/sth by an inch: manquer qn de peu/qc d'un doigt

French

English

éviter erreur, endroit, regard, conflit: to avoid

éviter de faire qc: to avoid doing sth

évite de passer par Lyon: avoid going via Lyon

il m'évite: he's avoiding me

pour éviter d'aller en prison: to avoid going to prison

s'éviter: to avoid each other

s'éviter des soucis/tracas: to avoid worries/trouble

s'abstenir de vin/de tabac: to avoid wine/tobacco

craindre/éviter qn/qc comme la peste: to fear/avoid sb/sth like the plague

échapper à qc: to avoid sth

j'évite de sortir de la maison: I avoid leaving the house

répondre à côté de la question (intentionnellement): to avoid the question

Present
I	avoid
you	avoid
he/she/it	avoids
we	avoid
you	avoid
they	avoid

Past
I	avoided
you	avoided
he/she/it	avoided
we	avoided
you	avoided
they	avoided

Present Perfect
I	have	avoided
you	have	avoided
he/she/it	has	avoided
we	have	avoided
you	have	avoided
they	have	avoided

Past Perfect
I	had	avoided
you	had	avoided
he/she/it	had	avoided
we	had	avoided
you	had	avoided
they	had	avoided

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to avoid [or miss] sb/sth by an inch: manquer qn de peu/qc d'un doigt

to avoid sb/sth like the plague: éviter qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid doing sth: éviter de faire qc

you're avoiding the issue: tu esquives la question

to avoid sb like the plague: éviter qc comme la peste

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