English > elude: 3 senses > verb 2, stative| Meaning | Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
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| Model | The performance is likely to elude Sue |
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| Example | "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
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| Synonym | escape |
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| Narrower | defy, resist, refuse | elude, especially in a baffling way |
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| Broader | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | Be a mystery or bewildering to |
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| Spanish | escaparse |
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| Catalan | escapar-se |
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| Adjectives | elusive | difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze |
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| elusive | difficult to describe / describe |
English > elude: 3 senses > verb 3, communication| Meaning | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep |
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| Narrower | beg | Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted |
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| quibble | Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
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| Spanish | eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar, rehuir |
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| Catalan | defugir, eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar |
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