What part of speech is avoiding?

Avoiding can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. avoiding is a verb, gerund of avoid (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does avoiding mean?

Definitions

Verb

avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
avoid - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
avoid - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
avoid - refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

Examples of avoiding

#   Sentence  
1. verb There are naive old-fashioned habits such as respecting religious sites and symbols, not using ambulances and hospitals for acts of war, avoiding the mutilation of dead bodies and not using children as human shields or human bombs.
2. verb Its simply not just a case of avoiding pork, alcohol and only being allowed to eat halal prepared meat, but the kitchen and its utensils should not have been used for prohibited foods.
3. verb I would suggest not avoiding Second Home based on the 'bad experience' review.
4. verb Avoiding trouble will not always assure safety.
5. verb I make a special point of avoiding that shop.
6. verb Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.
7. verb I want you to somehow resolve the situation as promptly and avoiding to cause trouble for my sister and those around us as much as possible.
8. verb Why do you keep avoiding me?
9. verb Avoiding one-use kitchen utensils, Elton forgoes apple corers, preferring the more versatile paring knife.
10. verb Why are you always avoiding me?
11. verb For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India.
12. verb I know you've been avoiding me.
13. verb If you don't start treating people with a little more respect, people may start avoiding you like the plague.
14. verb Tom is good at avoiding fights.
15. verb Tom has been avoiding me like the plague ever since he broke my glasses.
Sentence  
verb
There are naive old-fashioned habits such as respecting religious sites and symbols, not using ambulances and hospitals for acts of war, avoiding the mutilation of dead bodies and not using children as human shields or human bombs.
Its simply not just a case of avoiding pork, alcohol and only being allowed to eat halal prepared meat, but the kitchen and its utensils should not have been used for prohibited foods.
I would suggest not avoiding Second Home based on the 'bad experience' review.
Avoiding trouble will not always assure safety.
I make a special point of avoiding that shop.
Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.
I want you to somehow resolve the situation as promptly and avoiding to cause trouble for my sister and those around us as much as possible.
Why do you keep avoiding me?
Avoiding one-use kitchen utensils, Elton forgoes apple corers, preferring the more versatile paring knife.
Why are you always avoiding me?
For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India.
I know you've been avoiding me.
If you don't start treating people with a little more respect, people may start avoiding you like the plague.
Tom is good at avoiding fights.
Tom has been avoiding me like the plague ever since he broke my glasses.

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