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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Meaning of "elude" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELUDE

From Latin ēlūdere to deceive, from lūdere to play.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ELUDE

elude  [ɪˈluːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELUDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elude is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb elude in English.

WHAT DOES ELUDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of elude in the English dictionary

The first definition of elude in the dictionary is to escape or avoid, esp by cunning. Other definition of elude is to avoid fulfilment of ; evade. Elude is also to escape discovery, or understanding by; baffle.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ELUDE

PRESENT

Present
I elude
you elude
he/she/it eludes
we elude
you elude
they elude
Present continuous
I am eluding
you are eluding
he/she/it is eluding
we are eluding
you are eluding
they are eluding
Present perfect
I have eluded
you have eluded
he/she/it has eluded
we have eluded
you have eluded
they have eluded
Present perfect continuous
I have been eluding
you have been eluding
he/she/it has been eluding
we have been eluding
you have been eluding
they have been eluding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I eluded
you eluded
he/she/it eluded
we eluded
you eluded
they eluded
Past continuous
I was eluding
you were eluding
he/she/it was eluding
we were eluding
you were eluding
they were eluding
Past perfect
I had eluded
you had eluded
he/she/it had eluded
we had eluded
you had eluded
they had eluded
Past perfect continuous
I had been eluding
you had been eluding
he/she/it had been eluding
we had been eluding
you had been eluding
they had been eluding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will elude
you will elude
he/she/it will elude
we will elude
you will elude
they will elude
Future continuous
I will be eluding
you will be eluding
he/she/it will be eluding
we will be eluding
you will be eluding
they will be eluding
Future perfect
I will have eluded
you will have eluded
he/she/it will have eluded
we will have eluded
you will have eluded
they will have eluded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been eluding
you will have been eluding
he/she/it will have been eluding
we will have been eluding
you will have been eluding
they will have been eluding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would elude
you would elude
he/she/it would elude
we would elude
you would elude
they would elude
Conditional continuous
I would be eluding
you would be eluding
he/she/it would be eluding
we would be eluding
you would be eluding
they would be eluding
Conditional perfect
I would have elude
you would have elude
he/she/it would have elude
we would have elude
you would have elude
they would have elude
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been eluding
you would have been eluding
he/she/it would have been eluding
we would have been eluding
you would have been eluding
they would have been eluding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you elude
we let´s elude
you elude
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to elude
Past participle
eluded
Present Participle
eluding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELUDE


allude
əˈluːd
collude
kəˈluːd
conclude
kənˈkluːd
delude
dɪˈluːd
disillude
ˌdɪsɪˈluːd
exclude
ɪkˈskluːd
flued
ˈfluːd
illude
ɪˈluːd
include
ɪnˈkluːd
interlude
ˈɪntəˌluːd
lewd
luːd
lude
luːd
occlude
əˈkluːd
overlewd
ˌəʊvəˈluːd
postlude
ˈpəʊstluːd
preclude
prɪˈkluːd
quaalude
ˈkweɪluːd
seclude
sɪˈkluːd
slewed
sluːd
unglued
ʌnˈɡluːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELUDE

eluant
eluate
elucidate
elucidation
elucidative
elucidator
elucidatory
elucubrate
elucubration
eluder
eludible
eluent
Elul
elusion
elusive
elusively
elusiveness
elusoriness
elusory
elute

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELUDE

altitude
amplitude
attitude
chorale prelude
Claude
crude
dude
gratitude
habitude
Jude
latitude
longitude
magnitude
multitude
musical interlude
nude
order of magnitude
prelude
rude
solitude

Synonyms and antonyms of elude in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ELUDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «elude» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of elude

Translation of «elude» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELUDE

Find out the translation of elude to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elude from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elude» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不为…所获得
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eludir
570 millions of speakers

English

elude
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टलना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتملص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ускользать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escapar de
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পালান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

échapper à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elude
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sich entziehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

すり抜ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빠져나가다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elude
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lân khéo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தப்பி செல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıyrılmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non venire a
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wymykają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вислизати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eluda
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαφεύγω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontwyk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gäcka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unnvike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elude

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELUDE»

The term «elude» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.130 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELUDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elude» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elude» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elude

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9 QUOTES WITH «ELUDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word elude.
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Mahesh Babu
The only thing I have learnt over the years is that if you enjoy your work and put in the best efforts, it will show. If you follow this process, things work out. But if you go chasing a formula, success will elude you.
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Georges Bataille
Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.
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Daniel Dennett
In 50 years - or 20 years, or 200 years - our current epistemic horizon (the Big Bang, roughly) may look as parochial as the horizon Newton had to settle for in his day, but no doubt there will still be good questions whose answers elude us.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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Norman Maclean
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.
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Michael Musto
This commitment to truth is something one senses more and more Americans yearning for, just as they are becoming more and more sophisticated at knowing when the truth is being obscured - an irony that seems to elude most of today's elected officials.
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Richard Owen
But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.
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Hjalmar Schacht
But what you could perhaps do with in these days is a word of most sincere sympathy. Your movement is carried internally by so strong a truth and necessity that victory in one form or another cannot elude you for long.
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John Tyler
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELUDE»

Discover the use of elude in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elude and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terorist Groups Elude ...
Discussing the challenges terrorist groups face as they multiply and plot international attacks, while at the same time providing a framework for decoding the strengths and weaknesses of their counter-intelligence, Blake W. Mobley offers an ...
Blake W. Mobley, 2013
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Etude d' Elude: Memoirs in poems and prose
Memoirs in poems and prose Francesca Fondse. " : - --------------------- استقبل مساعد في علاقتها بالفعل من بعضها يتعلق بموقع تعبر عن رغبLThtter http://t.co/f th ti-ThtterFIFTht that the titributhoritie-الغد- بغداPrtilitiatiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-Fi ...
Francesca Fondse, 2013
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Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching
This word is elude. What word? Elude. We pronounce it as “e lüd.” Say the word again. Elude. Step 2: Introduce the meaning of the word. Option 1. Provide a student-friendly explanation. If you avoid someone or escape from them, you elude ...
Anita L. Archer, Charles A. Hughes, 2011
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order with ...
ELUDE, V. To avoid. EVADE, from the Latin eva- do, compounded of e and vado, signifies to go or get out of a thing. The idea of being disengaged from that which is not agreeable is comprehended in the sense of all these terms ; but escape ...
George Crabb, 1879
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Door World: Planet Dectonia
Empress Hena said at the controls of the Vanishing Elude with her husband by her side. Everyone nodded their heads except Navee, giving Empress Hena the thumbs up. “Okay, everyone here we go,” Empress Hena said pushing forward on ...
M. Bangham, 2009
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Escape: V. Break Free, Elude Danger Or Commitment
Whydoes everyone think she should have the rest of her life mappedout already? A gap year in the USA is just what she needs - bye-byeEngland. But is her escape route all she's hoping for?
Kate Cann, 2003
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Crabb's English Synonymes
ESCAPE, Elude, Evade. Escape means literally to slip out from under one's cape, from French es, out, Latin ex, and cappa, cape. Elude (see Avoid). Evade, from the Latin evado, compounded of e, out, and vadere, to go, signifies to go or get ...
George Crabb, 1917
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The World We Want: How and Why The Ideals of the ...
Conclusion. We talk a lot about Enlightenment and desire more light. But, my God , what is the use of light if people either have no eyes or intentionally shut those they have? —Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, The Waste Books (1796–99) History  ...
Robert Louden, 2010
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An American Dictionary of the English Language: Containing ...
I. To escape ; to evade ; to avoid by artifice, stratagem, wiles, deceit, or dexterity; as, to elude an enemy ; to elude the sight ; to elude an oflicer; to elude detection ; to elude vigilance ; to elude the force of an argument; to clad: a blow or stroke. 2.
Noah Webster, Chauncey Allen Goodrich, Noah Porter, 1850
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Forever Elude Me
Until I met Tarek. Perhaps I wasn't myself when I met him. Away from home, people often lose their self-control, like misplaced luggage, and do things they would ordinarily condemn in others. Or perhaps ... This is the way I truly am. Bold.
Ava Zavora, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELUDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elude is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tiger can't elude bank
Panjo the Tiger, who famously went missing in 2010 for three days near Groblersdal, Limpopo, has been seized and stands to be sold to an ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
2
Cav denied win as 26th TdF victory continues to elude him
Mark Cavendish narrowly missed out on his 26th victory at the Tour de France on Wednesday afternoon. The Manx Missile was pipped to the ... «Isle of Man Today, Jul 15»
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Cup continues to elude Walney Cents
Cup continues to elude Walney Cents. SOCIAL BOOKMARKS. WALNEY Central had hoped it was going to be third time lucky for their club in ... «NW Evening Mail, Jul 15»
4
Teenager elude marriage with middle aged man, complain against …
Udaipur : In an act involving great presence of mind and courage, a school going girl at Gangrar block of Chittorgarh district, not only evaded a ... «Udaipur Kiran, Jul 15»
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Winston-Salem man charged with robbery, speeding to elude arrest …
Kenneth Lee Bonham, 63, of 1668 W. 22nd St., is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony speeding to elude arrest and resisting ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
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Help an 8-bit Rick Grimes elude zombies in The Escapists The …
Announced to IGN, Team 17 plans to bring the graphic novels to life, starring an 8-bit Rick Grimes who must aid other characters from Robert ... «VG247, Jul 15»
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Medals elude Uganda at World University Games
Women basketball team coach Albert Aciku (centre) gives tips to the girls at the Dogkang College gymnasium. Picture by Thomas Muruka ... «New Vision, Jul 15»
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Burglars elude Sunnyside police
#Just after noon yesterday (Monday) an alert citizen called the Sunnyside Police Department, reporting a burglary in progress in the 300 block ... «Dailysunnews, Jul 15»
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6 Months Later, French Laundry Wine Thief Continues To Elude Arrest
YOUNTVILLE (CBS SF) – The search continues in Napa County for the grinch who stole a one-of-a-kind collection of wine from the French ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Handcuffed suspect can't elude police for long
Officers were dispatched to a report of a physical domestic disturbance in the 600 block of S. West St. They found Christopher Smith, 30, on the ... «Shelbynews, Jul 15»

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