ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEelude
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elude
Meaning: to escape from or avoid
elude in a sentence
How elude is used in real sentences:
The answer continued to elude the puzzled contestants.
The rare bird seemed to elude every photographer who entered the marsh.
“A profitable sale could still elude a farmer who arrived late, but shared transportation made delays less common.”
— from the passage The Thursday Exchange
Synonyms for elude
Other words for elude — escape, evade and avoid — carry the same meaning.
- escape
- evade
- avoid
Antonyms of elude
Words that mean the opposite of elude:
- confront
- face
Where it comes from
From Latin eludere, meaning 'to play out' or 'escape by trickery.'
Word parts
- lud/lus — play, mock
elude: e- (away; form of ex-) + lud (play)
Memory hook
Elude sounds like 'illude'; something elusive slips away like an illusion.