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Verb
/iˈlo͞od/,
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eludes, 3rd person singular present; eluded, past tense; eluded, past participle; eluding, present participle;
  1. Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way
    • - he managed to elude his pursuers by escaping into an alley
  2. (of an idea or fact) Fail to be grasped or remembered by (someone)
    • - the logic of this eluded most people
  3. (of an achievement, or something desired or pursued) Fail to be attained by (someone)
    • - sleep still eluded her
  4. Avoid compliance with or subjection to (a law, demand, or penalty)

  1. escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
  2. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
  3. hedge: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
  4. (elusion) slip: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
  5. Elusion was a female R&B group that consisted of two separate sets of identical twin sisters, Tamica and Tanya Johnson, and Michelle and Marie Harris. They only released one album as a group, "Think about it" in 1998.
  6. (elusion) The act, or abstract properties, of eluding
  7. (elusion) where is the pain that will not forsake me by being transient
  8. means "to dodge or escape": Serious relationships always seemed to elude him. Also beware of illude "to deceive, trick", the verb underlying illusion. It isn't used often but it is out there.
  9. to avoid or escape from by quickness, cunning, and so on; evade.