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- Dictionarycircumvention/ˌsəːkəmˈvɛnʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of overcoming a problem or difficulty, typically in a clever and surreptitious way: "circumvention of the rules undermines any fairness"
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the process of avoiding something, especially cleverly or illegally: The worst problems came from circumvention of the rules. The ban is open to easy circumvention. See. circumvent. Fewer examples. As an industry, we do not tolerate the circumvention of rules.
1. : to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem. the setup circumvented the red tape Lynne McTaggart. circumvent a problem. 2. a. : to hem in. Circumvented by the enemy, he had to surrender. b. : to make a circuit around. the river circumvented. circumvention. ˌsər-kəm-ˈven (t)-shən. noun. Did you know?
noun. the act of bypassing or going around something: Taking the northern route, to allow circumvention of the mountains, made the journey twice as long. the act of avoiding, evading, or forestalling something, often by cleverness or deception: Thorough consultation before implementing an innovation allows for the circumvention of potential risks.
the process of avoiding something, especially cleverly or illegally: The worst problems came from circumvention of the rules. The ban is open to easy circumvention. See. circumvent. Fewer examples. As an industry, we do not tolerate the circumvention of rules.
to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally: Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulations. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Avoiding action. abrogate. abrogation. avoid something like the plague idiom. avoidance. end-run. eschew. evader. evasion. fiddle around. insure. shirk. short circuit.
1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap. 2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city. 3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: circumvented the bureaucratic red tape. [Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come; see g w ā- in Indo-European roots .]
Definition of circumvention noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
