circumvent

English

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin circum (“about”) + venire (“to come”)

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)

1. (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
2. (transitive) to surround or besiege
3. (transitive) to outwit or outsmart

Translations

to avoid or get around something

• Bulgarian: избягвам (bg) (izbjagvam), заобикалям (bg) (zaobikaljam)
• Catalan: evitar (ca), circumvalar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 规避 (zh) (guībì)

• Danish: omgå
• Dutch: omzeilen (nl)
• French: contourner (fr)
• Georgian: გვერდის ავლა (gverdis avla), გარს შემოვლა (gars šemovla)
• Italian: eludere (it), circonvenire
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• Maori: honi, hohoni, taku
• Portuguese: contornar (pt)
• Romanian: înconjura (ro), ocoli (ro), conturna
• Russian: обойти́ (ru) (obojtí)
• Spanish: evitar (es), eludir (es)
• Swedish: kringgå (sv)

to surround or besiege

• Catalan: rodejar (ca), bordejar (ca), circumvalar
• Danish: omringe
• French: cerner (fr)
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• Russian: обойти́ (ru) (obojtí)
• Spanish: rodear (es), bordear (es), circunvalar (es)

to outwit

• Bulgarian: надхитрявам (nadhitrjavam), изигравам (bg) (izigravam)
• Catalan: burlar (ca) (no en el sentit de mofar (ca))
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• French: contourner (fr)
• Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba)
• Russian: обойти́ (ru) (obojtí)
• Ukrainian: перехитрити (perexytryty), обійти (закон) (obijty (zakon))

Related terms

• circumvention
• circumventive

Derived terms

• circumventable
• circumvental
• circumventer
• circumvential
• circumvention
• circumventive
• circumventor