0 to stay away from someone or something: --
Unnecessary paperwork should be avoided (= prevented) at all costs.
I left the pub to avoid a fight (= prevent a fight from happening).
The plane narrowly avoided disaster when one of the engines cut out on take-off.
The report studiously avoided any mention of the controversial plan.
[ + -ing verb ] I try to avoid going shopping on Saturdays.
Do you think Lukas is avoiding me? I haven't seen him all day.
I try to avoid supermarkets on Saturdays - they're always so busy.
1 to stay away from someone or something, or prevent something from happening, or not allow yourself to do something: --
2 to try to prevent something bad from happening: --
Understanding differing viewpoints is a good start toward avoiding conflict in the workplace.
A spokeswoman for the company said it was hoping to avoid industrial action.
3 to try not to do something, or to try to stay away from something: --
In most respects the two approaches (parsimony or avoiding a possible omitted variable problem) trade off.
As with the universal property, the primary application of the fusion property is as a proof principle that avoids the need for inductive proofs.
Both the individual and the community approach were above all driven by the aim of avoiding this major risk.
Computing interferences are avoided by imposing structural constraints under the form of simple rules.
The status of arrangement today, however, is quite different; in new music, arrangement is mostly avoided and perceived as unfashionable.
Spatial separation is one of these guidelines (in addition to avoiding frequency masking and maintaining some temporal-textural difference between simultaneous sounds).
The sound material cannot then be avoided, being the voice of the processes of nature.
The discussion was not always easy to control but, in order to move ahead with the work, this couldn't be avoided.
