avoids
Sayuh-VOYDZ/əˈvɔɪdz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of avoid.
The cautious investor avoids high-risk ventures during a downturn.
Whoever drafted this contract carefully avoids any binding commitment.
Note
The -s form that follows he, she, it or a singular noun; every other present-tense subject takes plain avoid. Every meaning of the verb is transitive, so avoids always needs an object: she avoids crowds, he avoids answering. With contracts it can mean more than steering clear: a party that avoids an agreement annuls it, making it void. The old sense 'to make empty' is obsolete.
avoids is a form of avoid
avoid, verb: To try to prevent yourself from doing something, or to keep something from happening. Full entry
- Spelling
- avoid → avoids: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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