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circumvent
[ sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent ]
verb (used with object)
- to go around or bypass:
to circumvent the lake;
to circumvent the real issues.
- to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting:
He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
- to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap:
to circumvent a body of enemy troops.
circumvent
/ ˌsɜːkəmˈvɛnt /
verb
- to evade or go around
- to outwit
- to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture
Derived Forms
- ˌcircumˈventive, adjective
- ˌcircumˈvention, noun
- ˌcircumˈventer, noun
Other Words From
- cir·cum·vent·er cir·cum·ven·tor noun
- cir·cum·ven·tion noun
- cir·cum·ven·tive adjective
- un·cir·cum·vent·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of circumvent1
Word History and Origins
Origin of circumvent1
Example Sentences
Actually, the guessing game is over; the weddings have begun, as have weird attempts to circumvent our constitutional democracy.
Production relocation to Africa and South America have allowed Chinese enterprises to circumvent trade caps.
The bar,” says Dr. Markel, “gets so high their strengths can no longer circumvent their weaknesses.
Instead, the report details an elaborate scheme to circumvent campaign finance laws.
Mainstream media like Hurriyet published tips of how to circumvent the restriction.
The Cardinal then hinted, that Wharton had vanished on some occult mission, to circumvent the Italian investiture.
Punishment still comes to us from those whom we would circumvent.
Philip gave Heracleides a kind of problem to work out,—how to circumvent and destroy the Rhodian fleet.
No wonder that provident parents circumvent such a common law by a settlement before marriage!
How could he know that a deeply laid plot was not already at work to undermine and circumvent him?
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