eluding
present participle ofelude
elude
verb[T]
uk/iˈluːd/us/iˈluːd/eludeverb[T](NOT ACHIEVE)
formal
If something that youwanteludes you, you do notsucceedinachievingit:
Thegoldmedalcontinuesto elude her.
They hadminorbreakthroughsbutrealsuccesseluded them.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- blow(someone/something)up
- bomb
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
eludeverb[T](NOT BE CAUGHT)
to not becaughtby someone:
They eluded thepolicebyfleeing.
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at largeidiom
- be on the runidiom
- escape
- extrication
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- leg
- loose
- scarper
- scram
- shakesomethingoff
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- throw
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Avoiding action
eludeverb[T](NOT REMEMBER)
formal
If apieceofinformationeludes you, you cannotrememberit:
Iknowwho youmeanbut hernameeludes me.
Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- amnesia
- amnesiac
- anterograde
- bury
- erase
- fall/slip through the cracksidiom
- featherbrained
- forget
- forget itidiom
- forgetful
- oblivion
- putsomethingbehindyouidiom
- radar
- remove
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- rusty
Examplesofeluding
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This gave the 'empire' flexibility both in terms ofeludingresistance and in opening up for the inclusion of local knowledge and local adaptations.
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And how does the prima donna's voice repeatedly make itself heard,eludingand overcoming narrative attempts to shape or contain its turbulent noise?
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In sum, they have no means ofeluding(8b).
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However, busy treatment teams become accustomed to the status quo, and formulary renovation often falls by the wayside, with newer medications and emerging evidenceeludingincorporation.
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They have a clever way ofeludinganswering a straight question from any backbencher.
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This is due to many reasons in-eludingthe skimping and saving carried out during the 1957 economy period.
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What is being said here is simply that one must use no wordeludingthe word "taxi"or"cab".
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Secondly, grandparents can teach community and moral values, which again may beeludingthe present parental generation.
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Sums as large as £15 million to £20 million are relatively small in terms of the huge amounts that are stilleludingthe net.
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The dolomite problem refers to the vast worldwide depositions of dolostone in past geologic recordeludinga unified explanation for their formation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Olds, briefly hospitalized during the incident for facial cuts, pled guilty in return for charges of weaving and felony vehiculareludingbeing dropped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Meanwhile, the albino whale has beeneludingharpooners, and bears the scars of many failed attacks against him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The two teams' quarterbacks benefited from their receivers' success ineludingthe opposing defenses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tracking down the agent who double-crossed him, andeludingthe police simultaneously, he becomes both the hunter and the hunted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although under nominal police surveillance, he succeeded ineludingpursuit for six months, but was arrested for long periods.
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- intangible
- intangible asset
- intangible-asset
- intangible benefit
- intangible property
- intangible quality
- intangibly
- intarsia
- integer
- integer arithmetic
- integer multiple
- integer number
- integer part
- integer programming
- integer programming
- integer value
- integrable
- integral
- integral aspect
- integral component
- integral element
- integral formulation
- integrally
- integral part
- integral role