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circumvent

[ sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to go around or bypass:

    to circumvent the lake;

    to circumvent the real issues.

  2. to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting:

    He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap:

    to circumvent a body of enemy troops.

    Synonyms: ,



circumvent

/ 藢蝉蓽藧办蓹尘藞惫蓻苍迟 /

verb

  1. to evade or go around
  2. to outwit
  3. to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢肠颈谤肠耻尘藞惫别苍迟颈惫别, adjective
  • 藢肠颈谤肠耻尘藞惫别苍迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 藢肠颈谤肠耻尘藞惫别苍迟别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠颈谤路肠耻尘路惫别苍迟路别谤 肠颈谤路肠耻尘路惫别苍路迟辞谤 noun
  • 肠颈谤路肠耻尘路惫别苍路迟颈辞苍 noun
  • 肠颈谤路肠耻尘路惫别苍路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠颈谤路肠耻尘路惫别苍迟路别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of circumvent1

First recorded in 1545鈥55; from Latin circumventus (past participle of 肠颈谤肠耻尘惫别苍墨谤别 鈥渢o come around, surround, oppress, defraud鈥), equivalent to circum- circum- + 惫别苍(墨谤别) 鈥渢o come鈥 + -tus past participle suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of circumvent1

C15: from Latin 肠颈谤肠耻尘惫别苍墨谤别, from circum- + 惫别苍墨谤别 to come
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Instagram has already introduced "teen accounts" which turn on many privacy settings by default - although some researchers have claimed they were able to circumvent the promised protections.

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First, the bureaucratic bottlenecks that the abundance Dems want to circumvent are closely guarded by progressive constituencies.

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In many cases, political campaigns do not even propose coherent policy platforms; they merely appeal to voters鈥 pride, fear or anger, circumventing rational debate.

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Ovsiannikov, who has a British passport, was found guilty on Wednesday of six out of seven counts of circumventing sanctions.

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Do you think it鈥檚 inevitable with those rules that we鈥檒l see schools trying to circumvent the cap?

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