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circumvent
[ sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent ]
verb (used with object)
- to go around or bypass:
to circumvent the lake;
to circumvent the real issues.
- to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting:
He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap:
to circumvent a body of enemy troops.
Synonyms: ,
circumvent
/ ˌɜːəˈɛԳ /
verb
- to evade or go around
- to outwit
- to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture
Derived Forms
- ˌܳˈԳپ, adjective
- ˌܳˈԳپDz, noun
- ˌܳˈԳٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ܳ·Գ· ·ܳ··ٴǰ noun
- ·ܳ··پDz noun
- ·ܳ··پ adjective
- ܲ··ܳ·Գ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of circumvent1
Word History and Origins
Origin of circumvent1
Example Sentences
Instagram has already introduced "teen accounts" which turn on many privacy settings by default - although some researchers have claimed they were able to circumvent the promised protections.
First, the bureaucratic bottlenecks that the abundance Dems want to circumvent are closely guarded by progressive constituencies.
In many cases, political campaigns do not even propose coherent policy platforms; they merely appeal to voters’ pride, fear or anger, circumventing rational debate.
Ovsiannikov, who has a British passport, was found guilty on Wednesday of six out of seven counts of circumventing sanctions.
Do you think it’s inevitable with those rules that we’ll see schools trying to circumvent the cap?
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