different between undergo vs evade

English

Etymology

From Middle English undergon, from Old English underg?n (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- +? go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd???o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd?????/
• Rhymes: -??
• Hyphenation: un?der?go

Verb

undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
2. (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.

   The project is undergoing great changes.

3. (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.

   The victim underwent great trauma.

   She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.

Synonyms

• (to go or move under):
• (to experience): go through, take, undercome
• (to suffer or endure): brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate

Translations

See also

• undergang

Anagrams

• go under, grounde, guerdon, ungored

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.