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   cir·cum·vent

   /ˈsərkəmˌvent/

   verb

   • 1. find a way around (an obstacle): "if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it"
   • ▪ overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way: "I found it quite easy to circumvent security"
   • ▪ deceive; outwit: "he's circumvented her with some of his stories"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › circumventCircumvent Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of CIRCUMVENT is to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem. How to use circumvent in a sentence. The Circular History of Circumvent

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCIRCUMVENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CIRCUMVENT definition: 1. to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally: 2. to avoid something, especially…. Learn more.

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   Circumvent definition: to go around or bypass. See examples of CIRCUMVENT used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCIRCUMVENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   CIRCUMVENT meaning: 1. to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally: 2. to avoid something, especially…. Learn more.

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   To circumvent is to avoid. Someone who trains elephants but somehow gets out of picking up after them has found a way to circumvent the cleaning of the circus tent.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCIRCUMVENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you circumvent someone, you cleverly prevent them from achieving something, especially when they are trying to harm you.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › circumventCircumvent - definition of circumvent by The Free Dictionary

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   cir·cum·vent. (sûr′kəm-vĕnt′) tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents. 1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap. 2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city. 3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: circumvented the bureaucratic red tape.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitioncircumvent verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of circumvent verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishCIRCUMVENT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    CIRCUMVENT definition: to find a way of avoiding something, especially a law or rule. Learn more.

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    circumvent meaning, definition, what is circumvent: to avoid a problem or rule that restrict...: Learn more.