Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - circumvent
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Circumvent
circumvent
~ v 1 to avoid a problem or rule that restricts you, especially in a clever or dishonest way (The company opened an account abroad, in order to circumvent the tax laws.) 2 formal to change the direction in which you are travelling in order to avoid something (We went north in order to circumvent the mountains.) - circumvention n
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(circumvents, circumventing, circumvented) If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way. (FORMAL) Military planners tried to circumvent the treaty. = get round VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Etymology: Latin ~us, past participle of circumvenire, from circum- + venire to come — more at come Date: 1539 1. a. to hem in b. to make a circuit around 2. to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem the setup ~ed the red tape — Lynne McTaggart • ~ion noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a evade (a difficulty); find a way round. b baffle, outwit. 2 entrap (an enemy) by surrounding. Derivatives circumvention n. Etymology: L circumvenire circumvent- (as CIRCUM-, venire come) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. обмануть, ввести в заблужение; провести 2. перехитрить, обойти to circumvent the law —- обойти закон 3. подвести, спровоцировать; заманить в ловушку 4. расстраивать, опрокидывать (планы); сорвать (замысел) he took the roundabout way to circumvent the traffic on the main road —- он поехал кружным путем. чтобы избежать транспортных пробок на магистрали 5. редк. окружать, охватывать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 15c., "to surround by hostile stratagem," from L. circumventus, pp. of circumvenire "to get around," from circum "around" + venire "to come." Meaning "to go round" is from 1840. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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