ALL meanings of circumvent
cir·cum·vent
C c - verb circumvent If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way. 3
- verb circumvent If you circumvent someone, you cleverly prevent them from achieving something, especially when they are trying to harm you. 3
- verb circumvent to evade or go around 3
- verb circumvent to outwit 3
- verb circumvent to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture 3
- verb transitive circumvent to surround or circle around 3
- verb transitive circumvent to surround or encircle with evils, enmity, etc.; entrap 3
- verb transitive circumvent to get the better of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity 3
- verb with object circumvent to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues. 1
- verb with object circumvent to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements. 1
- verb with object circumvent to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops. 1
- transitive verb circumvent issue, rule: avoid, bypass 1
- transitive verb circumvent physically bypass, go around 1
- noun circumvent Find a way around (an obstacle). 1
- verb circumvent (Transitive Verb) to avoid or get around something; to bypass. 0
- verb circumvent (Transitive Verb) to surround or besiege. 0
- verb circumvent (Transitive Verb) to outwit or outsmart. 0