circumvents
Meaning of circumvents
- find a way around (an obstacle).
if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it
late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.
Information about circumvents
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of circumvents is: circumvent.
- Languages in which circumvents is used:
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Hyphenation of circumvents
cir-cum-vents
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- circumvents is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
circumvents synonyms
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:
Meaning avoid or circumvent (an obstacle or problem):
Meaning avoid dealing with or discussing (something problematic or disagreeable):
Meaning evade (a debt or obligation) in a cunning or dishonest way:
Meaning succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty):
Meaning deceive by greater ingenuity:
Meaning evade (an opponent) by moving faster or with greater agility:
Meaning prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:
Meaning a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait:
Words that rhyme with circumvents
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