Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Elude"

A: this should be "alluded to" not "eluded to"

to allude to something means to make reference to it or to mention or hint at something. So other ways of saying the phrase you posted would be "as we hinted at earlier" or "as we briefly mentioned earlier."

A: I should have made it clearer :) not because they were sad, the persons sadness wasn’t the cause of her escaping. rather, the person was sad regardless of her escaping, so even if she had stayed the person would be sad.

imagine it like this, the two are dating and she’s just broken up with the person, so he’s going to be sad and she’s going to leave, not because he’s sad but because she was leaving anyways.

A: avoid, get away,

A: Not to be confused with 'allude' which means to hint at something
Ex. The author alluded to what she wrote in another book.

A: There are only twelve instances of your specific pattern in the Corpus of Contemporary American English. Here they are, for your specific pattern of "elude [something] by [verb]-ing"; occurrences such as "eluded a bad event by the blindest of luck" and so forth, i.e., not having a verb in the -ing form immediately after the word "by" (as an instrumental) immediately after the verb "elude" are omitted. I did not run the search for "eluded" or "eludes"; only for "elude."

2014 SPOK CNN and choking and punching the woman. Documents indicate Chism planned and took steps to elude other staff by creeping along a common hallway crouched down out of view. (END-VIDEO-CLIP)
2013 MAG AmSpect apply only to real journalists, or else every criminal enterprise would be able to elude law-enforcement investigations by publishing a newsletter or blog and claiming it was engaged in journalism
2013 ACAD JPopularCulture Realizing his life is still in danger from the ambushers, the Ranger decides to elude them by faking his own death, but, as Tonto points out, he
2006 NEWS NYTimes their use of a G.P.S. system and rented four-door cars and their apparent bid to elude the police by ranging across different boroughs -- Mr. Belcon's face slowly assumed the
2003 NEWS Atlanta Buford punt returner Masharn Austin, fielding a punt inside the 5, tried to elude the coverage by running back in the end zone, where he was tackled for
2003 NEWS Denver Contrary to his suggestions, the most important aspect of surviving an avalanche is to elude one altogether by recognizing and avoiding avalanche terrain. You don't need expensive avalanche
1998 ACAD October the ability to touch the other. And what if you imagine you can elude such setbacks by reversing the roles and allowing the Gravedigger to devour you? Abjection
1997 ACAD Raritan the elaborate tapestry of V., the rulers of the sublunary sphere are able to elude identification by hiding behind the visible pattern of the natural world. (Or,
1995 SPOK ABC_WorldNews technical difficulties President Clinton, of course, talking about how Captain O'Grady managed to elude capture by being on the ground only three to five minutes before armed people came
1995 NEWS WashPost hiding places for drug-ferrying planes, officials say. Traffickers have been able to elude microwave radar by flying low or behind hills or by maneuvering between closely spaced islands
1992 MAG OutdoorLife of timing. Although not all caribou herds are migratory, those that are can elude hunters simply by not showing up. Therefore, although it's often possible to
1991 MAG Americas small claws on their wings. Four days after they are hatched, they can elude enemies by taking to the water, where they dive and swim underwater as necessary

A: To elude someone is to avoid having contact with the person. If you escape from someone, that implies the person is holding you somewhere against your will, or that you feel you have been unable to leave.

"She eluded her supervisor by going home from work early."

"She escaped from her abusive boyfriend by leaving the house and staying with a friend."

A: elude is more to hide from something, while avoid is to hide from someone, typically. Both mean almost the same thing, though.

A: Elude is just avoiding something and flee means to escape.

A: They mean the same thing.

A: Elude and evade are similar. They both mean to hide from someone.
"I tried to remember his name, but it eluded me"
"I looked for him all day, but somehow he evaded me"

Shun means to deliberately avoid someone/something.
"After he cheated in the game, he was shunned by his teammates"

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A: yeah sounds good, can't find a fault.