avoid

kaçınmak, önlemek

To keep away from or prevent something from happening; to refrain from doing something.

• Try to avoid making the same mistake.
• She's been avoiding me all week.
• Wear sunscreen to avoid getting sunburned.
• Urban planners must avoid creating transportation systems that disproportionately burden low-income neighborhoods with pollution and noise.
• To avoid compromising the integrity of experimental results, researchers implemented double-blind protocols throughout the clinical trial.
• Diplomatic negotiations often require parties to avoid inflammatory rhetoric while seeking common ground on contentious issues.

Eş anlamlılar: evade, escape, dodge, shun, prevent

Zıt anlamlılar: confront, face, meet, seek