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- pronunciation:
- ih
lud
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Homophone Note, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
eludes, eluding, eluded |
| definition 1: |
to avoid or evade by speed, skill, or trickery.
The perpetrator of this crime has eluded the police for months now.- synonyms:
- circumvent, escape, evade
- similar words:
- avoid, cheat, dodge, duck, shake, shun, sidestep, throw
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| definition 2: |
to escape from or remain outside of the grasp of.
His name eludes my memory.The answer to that question eludes me at the moment.- synonyms:
- escape, slip
- similar words:
- evade
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| related words: |
bypass, flee, miss, slip |
adverb + (v.)elude
always, barely, continually, easily, far, forever, initially, previously, somehow, successfully, thus, totally
(v.)elude
+ adverb
altogether, completely, entirely, long
(v.)elude
+ noun
ant,
arrest,
attempt,
authority,
biographer,
bomb,
capture,
conviction,
cop,
defender,
definition,
description,
detection,
discovery,
domination,
enemy,
enforcement,
grasp,
hunter,
identification,
interpretation,
investigator,
measurement,
missile,
net,
observer,
personality,
police,
predator,
predecessor,
prosecution,
pursuer,
radar,
recognition,
scientist,
searcher,
seeker,
tackler,
trap,
understanding
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| derivation: |
eluder (n.) |
Are you looking for the word allude (to mention)? Elude and allude sound alike but have different meanings.
The word elude
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
lud, lus
Latin
root
that means to play
Example words:
allude, collude, delude, disillusion, elude, illusion, illusive, interlude, ludicrous, postlude, prelude, prolusion, delusion, allusive, elusive
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