Elude

English

Etymology

From Latin ēlūdō (“‘evade, elude’”), from ē (“‘out of’”), short form of ex, + lūdō (“‘play; trick’”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

Infinitive to Elude

Third person singular elud

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Elude (third-person singular simple present elud, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 26.

     Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.

2. (transitive) To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.
3. (transitive) To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.

Related terms

• allude
• delude
• illude

Translations

to evade

Portuguese: escapar pt(pt)

Spanish: eludir es(es)

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Italian

Verb

elude

1. Third-person singular present tense of eludere.

Anagrams

• deelu, edule

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Spanish

Verb

Elude (infinitive eludir)

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

de:elude fr:elude io:elude it:elude kn:elude ml:elude no:elude ta:elude te:elude vi:elude zh:elude