different between evade vs elide

English

Etymology

From Middle French évader, from Latin ?v?d? (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ? (“out of, from”) + v?d? (“I go; walk”). See also wade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ve?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Verb

evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)

1. (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
   • 1847, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

     The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.

   • 2004 "Moving Through Other Characters", GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns, page 368

     “Evading” is moving through ground occupied by an opponent without trying to knock him down. You can attempt this as part of any maneuver that allows movement, provided you can move fast enough to go past your foe – not just up to him.

   • 2007 "Obstruction", GURPS Martial Arts, page 106

     If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p. B368) and you have a melee weapon that can parry, you may roll against weapon skill instead of DX in the Contest. You keep him from evading if you win or tie

2. (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

   • Evading from perils.
3. (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

   • The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.

Synonyms

(cleverly escape from):

• equivocate
• shuffle
• dodge
• end-run
• sidestep
• give the go-by
• give someone the runaround

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• prevaricate

Anagrams

• eaved

Italian

Verb

evade

1. third-person singular present indicative of evadere

Latin

Verb

?v?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?v?d?

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?vade/

Verb

evade

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ad?i

Verb

evade

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of evadir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of evadir

Spanish

Verb

evade

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of evadir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of evadir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of evadir.

English

Etymology

From Latin ?l?d? (“I strike out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??la?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

elide (third-person singular simple present elides, present participle eliding, simple past and past participle elided)

1. To leave out or omit (something).
2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

Usage notes

The third sense, “conflate”, seems to be a recent development. It is not recognized by dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster and can be considered to be incorrect.

Related terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “elide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• edile, idele

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Verb

elide

1. third-person singular present indicative of elidere

Anagrams

• edile

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e??li?.de/, [e??li?d??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?li.de/, [??li?d??]

Verb

?l?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?l?d?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?lide/, [e?li.ð?e]

Verb

elide

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of elidir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of elidir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of elidir.