Question

If you a____ doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it.If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it.Swann managed to avoid learning that lesson for a long time.He was always careful to avoid embarrassment. verbIf you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.She took a different route to work to avoid getting stuck in traffic.If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it.Swann managed to avoid learning that lesson for a long time.He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic .She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him.All through lunch he had carefully avoided the subject of the house.If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them.The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman. A2

Accepted Answer

avoid avoidsavoidingavoided

query	If you a____ doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it.If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it. Swann managed to avoid learning that lesson for a long time. He was always careful to avoid embarrassment.
word	avoid
full-definition	verb If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening. The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster. She took a different route to work to avoid getting stuck in traffic. If you avoid doing something, you choose not to do it, or you put yourself in a situation where you do not have to do it. Swann managed to avoid learning that lesson for a long time. He was always careful to avoid embarrassment. If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic . She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him. All through lunch he had carefully avoided the subject of the house. If a person or vehicle avoids someone or something, they change the direction they are moving in, so that they do not hit them. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.
inflections	avoidsavoidingavoided
cefr-level	A2

Avoid Choose Put Situation Swann Managed Learning Lesson