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avoidance

/əˈvɔɪd(ə)ns/

US pronunciation
American sound/əˈvɔɪd(ə)ns/
əˈvɔɪdəns
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ə - ˈvɔɪdəns -> avoidance

Myanmar meaning

(n) တစ်ခုခုကို ရှောင်ခြင်း။

Full entry

avoid /ǝ'vↄÇd/ v

(က) ရှောင်သည်။ Try to avoid (driving in) the rush-hour. ❍ I think he's avoiding me. ❍ She avoided my eyes (ie avoided looking into my eyes).
(ခ) မဖြစ်အောင်တားဆီးသည်။ Try to avoid accidents. ❍ I just avoided running over the cat.
❏ avoidable adj ရှောင်နိုင်တိမ်းနိုင်သော။
This sort of accident is wholly avoidable.
❏ avoidance n [U] တစ်ခုခုကို ရှောင်ခြင်း။
tax avoidance (ie arranging one's affairs so as to pay the smallest amount of tax required by law).
❏ avoid sb/ sth like the plague [IDM ] (infml) မတွေ့ မိအောင်၊ မလုပ်မိအောင် ကြိုးစားရှောင်သည်။
He's been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel.

More examples
  • Try to avoid confrontation.
  • [avoid doing something] : I want to avoid being drawn into the argument.
  • We went early to avoid the crowds.
  • Avoid that area after dark.
  • We crossed the road to avoid him.
  • [avoid doing something] : I want to avoid speaking to him until I’ve got more details.
  • When taking this medication it is advisable to avoid alcohol.
  • [avoid doing something] : Where possible, we have avoided using technical terms.
  • He dislikes work and will avoid it whenever he can.
  • [avoid doing something] : She’s just avoiding having to go back to work.
Synonyms
keep away from, stay away from, shun, steer clear of, let alone, pass up, abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fake out, fend off, flee, forestall, get around, get out of, give the slip, hide, hold off, jump, keep away, keep clear, lay low, obviate, preclude, prevent, recoil, run for cover, shake, shake and bake, shake off, shirk, shrink from, shuffle off, shy, sidestep, skip, skip out on, skip town, skirt, stay away, stay out, steer clear, step aside, turn aside, ward off, weave, withdraw
Antonyms
allow, face, help, meet, permit, promote, seek, stay, take on, want
Cross references
keep away fromstay away fromshunsteer clear oflet alonepass upabstainavertbypasscircumlocutecircumventdeflectdesistditchdivertdodgeduckeludeescapeeschewevadefake outfend offfleeforestallget aroundget out ofgive the slip
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