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Conjugation avoid conjugation
How do you conjugate avoid?
avoid · verb
Present I avoid
Positive I avoid
Singular
1st person I avoid
2nd person you avoid
3rd person he/she/it avoids
Plural
1st person we avoid
2nd person you avoid
3rd person they avoid
Negative I don't avoid
Singular
1st person I don't avoid I do not avoid
2nd person you don't avoid you do not avoid
3rd person he/she/it doesn't avoid he/she/it does not avoid
Plural
1st person we don't avoid we do not avoid
2nd person you don't avoid you do not avoid
3rd person they don't avoid they do not avoid
Question do I avoid?
Singular
1st person do I avoid?
2nd person do you avoid?
3rd person does he/she/it avoid?
Plural
1st person do we avoid?
2nd person do you avoid?
3rd person do they avoid?
Negative question don't I avoid?
Singular
1st person don't I avoid? do I not avoid?
2nd person don't you avoid? do you not avoid?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it avoid? does he/she/it not avoid?
Plural
1st person don't we avoid? do we not avoid?
2nd person don't you avoid? do you not avoid?
3rd person don't they avoid? do they not avoid?
Past I avoided
Positive I avoided
Singular
1st person I avoided
2nd person you avoided
3rd person he/she/it avoided
Plural
1st person we avoided
2nd person you avoided
3rd person they avoided
Negative I didn't avoid
Singular
1st person I didn't avoid I did not avoid
2nd person you didn't avoid you did not avoid
3rd person he/she/it didn't avoid he/she/it did not avoid
Plural
1st person we didn't avoid we did not avoid
2nd person you didn't avoid you did not avoid
3rd person they didn't avoid they did not avoid
Question did I avoid?
Singular
1st person did I avoid?
2nd person did you avoid?
3rd person did he/she/it avoid?
Plural
1st person did we avoid?
2nd person did you avoid?
3rd person did they avoid?
Negative question didn't I avoid?
Singular
1st person didn't I avoid? did I not avoid?
2nd person didn't you avoid? did you not avoid?
3rd person didn't he/she/it avoid? did he/she/it not avoid?
Plural
1st person didn't we avoid? did we not avoid?
2nd person didn't you avoid? did you not avoid?
3rd person didn't they avoid? did they not avoid?
Future I'll avoid
Positive I'll avoid
Singular
1st person I'll avoid I will avoid
2nd person you'll avoid you will avoid
3rd person he/she/it'll avoid he/she/it will avoid
Plural
1st person we'll avoid we will avoid
2nd person you'll avoid you will avoid
3rd person they'll avoid they will avoid
Negative I won't avoid
Singular
1st person I won't avoid I will not avoid
2nd person you won't avoid you will not avoid
3rd person he/she/it won't avoid he/she/it will not avoid
Plural
1st person we won't avoid we will not avoid
2nd person you won't avoid you will not avoid
3rd person they won't avoid they will not avoid
Question will I avoid?
Singular
1st person will I avoid?
2nd person will you avoid?
3rd person will he/she/it avoid?
Plural
1st person will we avoid?
2nd person will you avoid?
3rd person will they avoid?
Negative question won't I avoid?
Singular
1st person won't I avoid? will I not avoid?
2nd person won't you avoid? will you not avoid?
3rd person won't he/she/it avoid? will he/she/it not avoid?
Plural
1st person won't we avoid? will we not avoid?
2nd person won't you avoid? will you not avoid?
3rd person won't they avoid? will they not avoid?
Conditional I'd avoid
Positive I'd avoid
Singular
1st person I'd avoid I would avoid
2nd person you'd avoid you would avoid
3rd person he/she/it'd avoid he/she/it would avoid
Plural
1st person we'd avoid we would avoid
2nd person you'd avoid you would avoid
3rd person they'd avoid they would avoid
Negative I wouldn't avoid
Singular
1st person I wouldn't avoid I would not avoid
2nd person you wouldn't avoid you would not avoid
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't avoid he/she/it would not avoid
Plural
1st person we wouldn't avoid we would not avoid
2nd person you wouldn't avoid you would not avoid
3rd person they wouldn't avoid they would not avoid
Question would I avoid?
Singular
1st person would I avoid?
2nd person would you avoid?
3rd person would he/she/it avoid?
Plural
1st person would we avoid?
2nd person would you avoid?
3rd person would they avoid?
Negative question wouldn't I avoid?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I avoid? would I not avoid?
2nd person wouldn't you avoid? would you not avoid?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it avoid? would he/she/it not avoid?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we avoid? would we not avoid?
2nd person wouldn't you avoid? would you not avoid?
3rd person wouldn't they avoid? would they not avoid?
Present continuous I'm avoiding
Positive I'm avoiding
Singular
1st person I'm avoiding I am avoiding
2nd person you're avoiding you are avoiding
3rd person he/she/it's avoiding he/she/it is avoiding
Plural
1st person we're avoiding we are avoiding
2nd person you're avoiding you are avoiding
3rd person they're avoiding they are avoiding
Negative I'm not avoiding
Singular
1st person I'm not avoiding I am not avoiding
2nd person you aren't avoiding you're not avoiding you are not avoiding
3rd person he/she/it isn't avoiding he/she/it's not avoiding he/she/it is not avoiding
Plural
1st person we aren't avoiding we're not avoiding we are not avoiding
2nd person you aren't avoiding you're not avoiding you are not avoiding
3rd person they aren't avoiding they're not avoiding they are not avoiding
Question am I avoiding?
Singular
1st person am I avoiding?
2nd person are you avoiding?
3rd person is he/she/it avoiding?
Plural
1st person are we avoiding?
2nd person are you avoiding?
3rd person are they avoiding?
Negative question aren't I avoiding?
Singular
1st person aren't I avoiding? am I not avoiding?
2nd person aren't you avoiding? are you not avoiding?
3rd person isn't he/she/it avoiding? is he/she/it not avoiding?
Plural
1st person aren't we avoiding? are we not avoiding?
2nd person aren't you avoiding? are you not avoiding?
3rd person aren't they avoiding? are they not avoiding?
Past continuous I was avoiding
Positive I was avoiding
Singular
1st person I was avoiding
2nd person you were avoiding
3rd person he/she/it was avoiding
Plural
1st person we were avoiding
2nd person you were avoiding
3rd person they were avoiding
Negative I wasn't avoiding
Singular
1st person I wasn't avoiding I was not avoiding
2nd person you weren't avoiding you were not avoiding
3rd person he/she/it wasn't avoiding he/she/it was not avoiding
Plural
1st person we weren't avoiding we were not avoiding
2nd person you weren't avoiding you were not avoiding
3rd person they weren't avoiding they were not avoiding
Question was I avoiding?
Singular
1st person was I avoiding?
2nd person were you avoiding?
3rd person was he/she/it avoiding?
Plural
1st person were we avoiding?
2nd person were you avoiding?
3rd person were they avoiding?
Negative question wasn't I avoiding?
Singular
1st person wasn't I avoiding? was I not avoiding?
2nd person weren't you avoiding? were you not avoiding?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it avoiding? was he/she/it not avoiding?
Plural
1st person weren't we avoiding? were we not avoiding?
2nd person weren't you avoiding? were you not avoiding?
3rd person weren't they avoiding? were they not avoiding?
Future continuous I'll be avoiding
Positive I'll be avoiding
Singular
1st person I'll be avoiding I will be avoiding
2nd person you'll be avoiding you will be avoiding
3rd person he/she/it'll be avoiding he/she/it will be avoiding
Plural
1st person we'll be avoiding we will be avoiding
2nd person you'll be avoiding you will be avoiding
3rd person they'll be avoiding they will be avoiding
Negative I won't be avoiding
Singular
1st person I won't be avoiding I will not be avoiding
2nd person you won't be avoiding you will not be avoiding
3rd person he/she/it won't be avoiding he/she/it will not be avoiding
Plural
1st person we won't be avoiding we will not be avoiding
2nd person you won't be avoiding you will not be avoiding
3rd person they won't be avoiding they will not be avoiding
Question will I be avoiding?
Singular
1st person will I be avoiding?
2nd person will you be avoiding?
3rd person will he/she/it be avoiding?
Plural
1st person will we be avoiding?
2nd person will you be avoiding?
3rd person will they be avoiding?
Negative question won't I be avoiding?
Singular
1st person won't I be avoiding? will I not be avoiding?
2nd person won't you be avoiding? will you not be avoiding?
3rd person won't he/she/it be avoiding? will he/she/it not be avoiding?
Plural
1st person won't we be avoiding? will we not be avoiding?
2nd person won't you be avoiding? will you not be avoiding?
3rd person won't they be avoiding? will they not be avoiding?
Conditional continuous I'd be avoiding
Positive I'd be avoiding
Singular
1st person I'd be avoiding I would be avoiding
2nd person you'd be avoiding you would be avoiding
3rd person he/she/it'd be avoiding he/she/it would be avoiding
Plural
1st person we'd be avoiding we would be avoiding
2nd person you'd be avoiding you would be avoiding
3rd person they'd be avoiding they would be avoiding
Negative I wouldn't be avoiding
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be avoiding I would not be avoiding
2nd person you wouldn't be avoiding you would not be avoiding
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be avoiding he/she/it would not be avoiding
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be avoiding we would not be avoiding
2nd person you wouldn't be avoiding you would not be avoiding
3rd person they wouldn't be avoiding they would not be avoiding
Question would I be avoiding?
Singular
1st person would I be avoiding?
2nd person would you be avoiding?
3rd person would he/she/it be avoiding?
Plural
1st person would we be avoiding?
2nd person would you be avoiding?
3rd person would they be avoiding?
Negative question wouldn't I be avoiding?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be avoiding? would I not be avoiding?
2nd person wouldn't you be avoiding? would you not be avoiding?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be avoiding? would he/she/it not be avoiding?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be avoiding? would we not be avoiding?
2nd person wouldn't you be avoiding? would you not be avoiding?
3rd person wouldn't they be avoiding? would they not be avoiding?
Present perfect I've avoided
Positive I've avoided
Singular
1st person I've avoided I have avoided
2nd person you've avoided you have avoided
3rd person he/she/it's avoided he/she/it has avoided
Plural
1st person we've avoided we have avoided
2nd person you've avoided you have avoided
3rd person they've avoided they have avoided
Negative I haven't avoided
Singular
1st person I haven't avoided I have not avoided
2nd person you haven't avoided you have not avoided
3rd person he/she/it hasn't avoided he/she/it has not avoided
Plural
1st person we haven't avoided we have not avoided
2nd person you haven't avoided you have not avoided
3rd person they haven't avoided they have not avoided
Question have I avoided?
Singular
1st person have I avoided?
2nd person have you avoided?
3rd person has he/she/it avoided?
Plural
1st person have we avoided?
2nd person have you avoided?
3rd person have they avoided?
Negative question haven't I avoided?
Singular
1st person haven't I avoided? have I not avoided?
2nd person haven't you avoided? have you not avoided?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it avoided? has he/she/it not avoided?
Plural
1st person haven't we avoided? have we not avoided?
2nd person haven't you avoided? have you not avoided?
3rd person haven't they avoided? have they not avoided?
Past perfect I had avoided
Positive I had avoided
Singular
1st person I had avoided
2nd person you had avoided
3rd person he/she/it had avoided
Plural
1st person we had avoided
2nd person you had avoided
3rd person they had avoided
Negative I hadn't avoided
Singular
1st person I hadn't avoided I had not avoided
2nd person you hadn't avoided you had not avoided
3rd person he/she/it hadn't avoided he/she/it had not avoided
Plural
1st person we hadn't avoided we had not avoided
2nd person you hadn't avoided you had not avoided
3rd person they hadn't avoided they had not avoided
Question had I avoided?
Singular
1st person had I avoided?
2nd person had you avoided?
3rd person had he/she/it avoided?
Plural
1st person had we avoided?
2nd person had you avoided?
3rd person had they avoided?
Negative question hadn't I avoided?
Singular
1st person hadn't I avoided? had I not avoided?
2nd person hadn't you avoided? had you not avoided?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it avoided? had he/she/it not avoided?
Plural
1st person hadn't we avoided? had we not avoided?
2nd person hadn't you avoided? had you not avoided?
3rd person hadn't they avoided? had they not avoided?
Future perfect I'll have avoided
Positive I'll have avoided
Singular
1st person I'll have avoided I will have avoided
2nd person you'll have avoided you will have avoided
3rd person he/she/it'll have avoided he/she/it will have avoided
Plural
1st person we'll have avoided we will have avoided
2nd person you'll have avoided you will have avoided
3rd person they'll have avoided they will have avoided
Negative I won't have avoided
Singular
1st person I won't have avoided I will not have avoided
2nd person you won't have avoided you will not have avoided
3rd person he/she/it won't have avoided he/she/it will not have avoided
Plural
1st person we won't have avoided we will not have avoided
2nd person you won't have avoided you will not have avoided
3rd person they won't have avoided they will not have avoided
Question +'ll I have avoided?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have avoided? will I have avoided?
2nd person +'ll you have avoided? will you have avoided?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have avoided? will he/she/it have avoided?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have avoided? will we have avoided?
2nd person +'ll you have avoided? will you have avoided?
3rd person +'ll they have avoided? will they have avoided?
Negative question won't I have avoided?
Singular
1st person won't I have avoided? will I not have avoided?
2nd person won't you have avoided? will you not have avoided?
3rd person won't he/she/it have avoided? will he/she/it not have avoided?
Plural
1st person won't we have avoided? will we not have avoided?
2nd person won't you have avoided? will you not have avoided?
3rd person won't they have avoided? will they not have avoided?
Conditional perfect I'd have avoided
Positive I'd have avoided
Singular
1st person I'd have avoided I would have avoided
2nd person you'd have avoided you would have avoided
3rd person he/she/it'd have avoided he/she/it would have avoided
Plural
1st person we'd have avoided we would have avoided
2nd person you'd have avoided you would have avoided
3rd person they'd have avoided they would have avoided
Negative I wouldn't have avoided
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have avoided I would not have avoided
2nd person you wouldn't have avoided you would not have avoided
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have avoided he/she/it would not have avoided
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have avoided we would not have avoided
2nd person you wouldn't have avoided you would not have avoided
3rd person they wouldn't have avoided they would not have avoided
Question would I have avoided?
Singular
1st person would I have avoided?
2nd person would you have avoided?
3rd person would he/she/it have avoided?
Plural
1st person would we have avoided?
2nd person would you have avoided?
3rd person would they have avoided?
Negative question wouldn't I have avoided?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have avoided? would I not have avoided?
2nd person wouldn't you have avoided? would you not have avoided?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have avoided? would he/she/it not have avoided?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have avoided? would we not have avoided?
2nd person wouldn't you have avoided? would you not have avoided?
3rd person wouldn't they have avoided? would they not have avoided?
Imperative avoid!
Positive
you avoid!
we let's avoid!
Negative
you don't avoid!
we let's not avoid!
Examples avoid examples
How do I use avoid in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Avoid the appearance of evil.
We have to avoid war at any price.
Tom started to avoid people.
He is rude and ignorant and people avoid him.
There are subjects that I avoid.
Tom tries to avoid conflict whenever possible.
She tried to avoid looking at him.
Nobody can avoid death.
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his field, and how to avoid them.
Avoid opening the window; I have no great desire to feel air currents on my back.
Try to avoid bad company.
Mary pretended she was sick to avoid going to school.
Don't avoid my question.
Hideo turned the steering wheel sharply to avoid the bicyclist.
We have to avoid the nuclear war by all means.
You should avoid making such a mistake.
How did the thief manage to avoid being caught?
Thanks to the opportunity, we were able to avoid substantial effort.
Avoid smoking excessively.
Avoid crossing this street when it is raining.
Movie subtitles
I know. That's why I'm trying to avoid her.
Mr. Attorney. For the convenience of the investigation of the Ribonard case and to avoid confrontation and also to protect the life of the prisoner extradited from Louvain, it is desirable he is not seen by anyone.
Accordingly, you will avoid having to carry out the death sentence passed upon the infanticide. Victorine Lippert, whose petition for clemency has been turned down.
As the Government desires above all things to avoid conflict between the islands under its rule,. it demands the arrest of this man and woman wherever found.
Now, you avoid any excitement. and stop worrying about business.
MAYBE WE CAN STILL AVOID THIS TERRIBLE WAR.
Now, at all costs, we must avoid a panic spreading.
Avoid the Horn altogether.
I hoped to avoid this.
Avoid what, sir?
And, after all, you can't avoid seeing Madge sometime, can you?
I am up here in your interest and to protect the hotel. - We wish to avoid any scandal.
Then do this. The next time you feel this influence, don't avoid it.
One must know when to seek publicity and when to avoid it.
The only way to avoid violence is to turn my back on my cyborg body.
So be it, then. Looks like we won't avoid war.
I think that I was able to find it, a way for us to avoid fighting.
You even avoid us!
The access to the underground hall. lf you fear discovery, avoid it from now on.
To avoid bloodshed, we suggest you give in.
I had hoped to avoid bringing to court a brave young officer recently blinded in the course of heroic duty.
Maybe we can still avoid this war.
Not if Her Majesty will tell me why she continues to avoid me.
Avoid these three vices and I can always be hopeful for you.
Well, to tell you the truth, I prefer to avoid them just now.
At times like these. it's best to avoid the commotion.
You know, brothers rarely avoid these little things.
Let's not bother about him, and just avoid him.
SAM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AVOID ME FOREVER!
Tore felt how the current got hold of him and used his last ounce of strength. to avoid falling prey to the enormous forces of nature.
But there's a way you can avoid going to the penitentiary, Miss Graham.
But you can avoid that if you'll just do what I ask you.
All I want is to avoid getting hit.
Why do you avoid me?
I know how to avoid accidents this summer.
Let us avoid such feelings.
We wish to avoid any scandal. - Scandal?
To avoid the severance of the ancestral line. The blood must be preserved.
I COULD NOT AVOID NOTICING THEM.
News and current affairs
The most critical issue isn't any rise or fall in emissions. It is how much climate damage we can avoid.
Above all, we need to show patience with the new governments of the countries we hope to see evolving toward democracy, and avoid the tendency to expect instant gratification.
A decentralized system will respond better to local needs and avoid an over-bureaucratic public sector.
Indeed, only an ongoing skepticism of fashionable political nostrums - both of the statist and market fundamentalist variety - can promote pluralism and tolerance, and avoid a ballooning of the bureaucracy that enfeebles our economy.
Yet at the same time, the corporate sector lobbies aggressively to gut environmental regulations, slash corporate-tax rates, and avoid their own responsibility for ecological destruction.
To cause a significant current evil in order to avoid a possible future danger when our knowledge is limited and our judgments uncertain is, Greenspan believes, unwise.
Unless we are convinced of the Dreamliner's ability to avoid stall speed, it makes no sense to talk about all the ways in which it will enhance the travel experience for millions of people around the world.
I do think America has made it quite clear that it is in the interest both of America and China to avoid situations in which they will be pushed toward a collision.
And Machiavelli made it clear that hatred is something a prince should carefully avoid.
But it will take strong leadership by the president-elect to avoid it.
The latter status may or may not include a path to residency and citizenship; fudging the issue may be a negotiating tactic to avoid debate over whether this is a form of disguised amnesty (which, fortunately, to a certain extent, it is).
A large fiscal deficit increases the need for foreign funds to avoid crowding out private investment.
As a result, many companies are taking steps now to limit their emissions to avoid future financial liabilities and a lack of investor confidence.
The Bush administration continues to delay and to avoid sound science.
The mainstream media's tendency to avoid checking out or reporting what is actually newsworthy in Internet conspiracy theories partly reflects class bias.
Global macroeconomic stability requires that we avoid such large current-account imbalances in the future.
Women writers wrote exquisite poetry and prose, and they were officially recognized as the equals (well, almost) of their male peers; but they tended to avoid certain topics - and war was a man's business.
We Europeans must favor stability, create a real spirit of co-ownership, and promote political responsibility.In this new framework, the EU should avoid excessive conditionality, especially during the transition period.
For starters, to avoid the kind of obstructionism that prevailed in the last eight years, the next president must engage Congress directly and actively.
To avoid the shortfall in aggregate demand that might arise from an abrupt surge in saving, these measures should be phased in over a period of 3-5 years.
Externally, major trading partners and holders of advanced-country assets can support rebalancing by agreeing to avoid sudden and potentially destabilizing shifts in the composition of their balance sheets.
It is how much climate damage we can avoid.
The name comes from the number of parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that, according to Jim Hansen, perhaps the world's leading climate scientist, we should not exceed if we are to avoid potentially catastrophic climate change.
As the deal was intended to avoid a nuclear standoff with Iran, why was there so much outrage in the US and the West?