CIRCUMVENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumvent mean? 

• CIRCUMVENT (verb)
  The verb CIRCUMVENT has 3 senses:

1. surround so as to force to give up

2. beat through cleverness and wit

3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

  Familiarity information: CIRCUMVENT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMVENT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they circumvent    ... he / she / it circumvents   
Past simple: circumvented   
Past participle: circumvented   
-ing form: circumventing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surround so as to force to give up

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

beleaguer; besiege; circumvent; hem in; surround

Context example:

The Turks besieged Vienna

Hypernyms (to "circumvent" is one way to...):

assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "circumvent"):

blockade; seal off (impose a blockade on)

ebb (hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beat through cleverness and wit

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

beat; circumvent; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach

Context example:

She outfoxed her competitors

Hypernyms (to "circumvent" is one way to...):

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)

Verb group:

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

circumvent; dodge; duck; elude; evade; fudge; hedge; parry; put off; sidestep; skirt

Context example:

he evaded the questions skillfully

Hypernyms (to "circumvent" is one way to...):

avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "circumvent"):

beg (dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted)

quibble (evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

circumvention (the act of evading by going around)

 Context examples 

The transmission of genetic information between organisms, related or unrelated, circumventing parent-to-offspring transmission.

(Horizontal Gene Transfer, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Use of this agent circumvents the gastrointestinal adverse effects commonly encountered with the use of orally administered iron salt preparations.

(Iron Dextran Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

Delivery of doxorubicin in nanoparticles may improve drug penetration into tumors and may circumvent the tumor cells multidrug resistance mechanisms and may therefore be effective in chemoresistant tumor cells.

(Nanoparticle-encapsulated Doxorubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An anthracycline derivative with antineoplastic activity developed to circumvent doxorubicin resistance.

(Galarubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent circumvents multidrug-resistance (MDR) transporters, including P-glycoprotein (P-gp).

(Annamycin Liposomal, NCI Thesaurus)

Having a better sense of what prompted the bacteria to evolve these abilities, the researchers say, could help control enterococci as the bacteria continue to circumvent hospital infection control methods.

(Enterococci may have evolved antimicrobial resistance millions of years ago, NIH)

Deletion of early genes E1 and E2b in Ad5 potentially circumvent pre-existing anti-adenovirus immunity and is capable of inducing strong immune responses.

(Adenoviral Vector Ad5-CEA(6D) Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike other anthracycline derivatives, this agent crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and can circumvent P glycoprotein/MRP1-mediated efflux.

(Berubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

Indomitable, never resting, fighting for seconds and minutes all week, circumventing delays and crushing down obstacles, a fount of resistless energy, a high-driven human motor, a demon for work, now that he had accomplished the week's task he was in a state of collapse.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

While conventional lithium batteries are charged and discharged at the same temperature, the researchers found they could circumvent the lithium plating issue by charging the battery to an elevated temperature of 60 degrees Celsius for a few minutes, then discharging it at cooler temperatures.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)