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circumvent - Dictionary definition and meaning for circumvent

CIRCUMVENT

  • (verb) 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"

    synonyms : dodge , duck , elude , evade , fudge , hedge , parry , put off , sidestep , skirt

    She cleverly parried the question with a witty reply. -added by naila_inlas

  • (verb) beat through cleverness and wit

    "I beat the traffic", "She outfoxed her competitors"

    synonyms : beat , outfox , outsmart , outwit , overreach

    Circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network or account. -added by nithi

  • (verb) surround so as to force to give up

    "The Turks besieged Vienna"

    synonyms : beleaguer , besiege , hem in , surround

    the clown was beleaguered by all the children into doing the peel-slip routine once again. -added by diviya_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for circumvent

  • (Tag: ) circle + prevent => to form a CIRCLE or a boundary around the target so as to OUTSMART your opponent. lyk abhimanyu did!!!

    added by rhasan    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) think all knows the story of ganesh who goes around the parents (shiva and parvati circularly) . he outsmarted muruga and got the sacred mango. circum (in a circle) vent (went around) for mango

    added by arulmozhi    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) he WENT tru the situation by AVOIDing it

    added by chotu9    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) circum (circle) + vent (went) = he went through the circle of fire!

    added by juggiepie    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) CIRCUM(circular)+VENT(opening)...you have made a circular vent to FIND WAY(solve a problem or a difficulty)....

    added by nileshdive    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: shortkut) CIR-CUM-VENT: imagine u r given a problem to solve by your SIR(CIR), u solve it fast and then tell him to COME(CUM0, so that u show him the answer...in short u have outsmarted all ur friends, and are clever

    added by mohit26041988    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) circum+went the person took an indirect path and went to kill the enenmy thus outsmarting him grrrrrrrrrrr......

    added by vivekkarumudi    editEdit Mnemonic

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