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# elude

verb (elude, eludes, eluded, eluding)

«elude» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To escape from someone or something by being clever or fast, so they cannot catch or find you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elude/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a hunted creature slips away, or a shape-changer avoids a suitor

### Examples

- The quail always eluded the falcon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elude/#x1)
- The thief eluded the police for a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elude/#x2)
- Thetis changed her shape to elude Peleus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elude/#x3)
- The answer eluded me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elude/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «elude» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elude/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«elude» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/elude.html) on Mova free.