Vocabulary
Evade
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
Urdu meaning
بچنا، نکل جانا، ٹال جانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- And this neglect of the people will continue to pose the biggest challenge to the ruling elite, even if they are able to sustain the current set-up as well as successfully evade the criticism about the quality of democracy.
- But trying to evade the problem won`t make it go away.
- A country where citizens supposedly evade regulation, conceal incomes and avoid the formal economy out of habit or delinquency.
- However, there is no denying the utility of such measures in a country where the majority of businesses and wealthy individuals deliberately stay out of the tax net and short file returns to evade taxes.
- On theother hand, a business owner (such as a retailer or wholesaler) can earn the same amount in gross but rely on a hundred `creative` ways to evade taxes.
Synonyms
elude, avoid, dodge, escape (from), stay away from, steer clear of, run away from,
Antonyms
confront, run into
Curator example
“friends helped him to evade capture for a time”
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