circumvent
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /səːkəmˈvɛnt/
circumvent (circumvents, present participle circumventing; simple past and past participle circumvented)
- (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- (transitive) to surround or besiege
- (transitive) to outwit or outsmart
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, pages 279–280 ↗:
- We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.
- French: contourner
- German: umgehen
- Italian: eludere, circonvenire
- Portuguese: contornar
- Russian: обходи́ть
- Spanish: evitar, eludir
- French: cerner
- German: umlagern
- Portuguese: rodear, cercar
- Russian: обойти́
- Spanish: rodear, bordear, circunvalar
- French: circonvenir
- German: ausmanövrieren
- Russian: обойти́
- Spanish: circunvenir
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