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- [sur-kuh m-vent, sur-kuh m-vent]
- /ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt/
- /ˌsɜː.kəmˈvent/
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- [sur-kuh m-vent, sur-kuh m-vent]
- /ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt/
Definitions of circumvention word
- verb with object circumvention to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues. 1
- verb with object circumvention to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements. 1
- verb with object circumvention to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops. 1
- noun circumvention The act of evading by going around (bypassing). 1
- noun circumvention bypassing, going around sth 1
- noun circumvention avoidance of sth 1
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Origin of circumvention
First appearance:
before 1545 One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Latin circumventus (past participle of circumvenīre to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equivalent to circum- circum- + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix
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Parts of speech for Circumvention
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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
circumvention popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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noun circumvention
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- bypass — If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
- circumventing — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
Antonyms for circumvention
noun circumvention
- meeting — an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
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