elude

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.

/ɪˈljuːd/ [ɪˈlʉwd] /ɪˈlyːd/ /ɪˈlud/ /ɪˈluːd/ /ɪˈlɪu̯d/ en-uk-elude.ogg

elude eludes eluding eluded

From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).

allude deflect delude illude

eluder eludible

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