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Spell Bee Word: Elude

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What does elude mean?

Word: Elude

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Elude means to escape from someone or something cleverly, or to be hard to find, catch, achieve or remember.

Synonyms: escape, dodge, avoid

Antonyms: catch, face

How do you spell elude?

Syllables: e - lude

Tricky part: It starts with e, not a or i, so do not confuse it with allude, which means to mention something indirectly.

Watch out for: elued, elood, ilude

Memory tip: Elude and escape both begin with e: think e for escape.

Elude in a sentence

Example 1: The kitten eluded Ravi by slipping under the garden gate.

Example 2: The answer to the riddle eluded me all evening.

Example 3: A gold medal eluded the boxer until her third Olympics.

Fun Fact

Elude comes from a Latin verb that meant to escape by a trick, built on a root meaning to play.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

elude

a) chase
b) confront
c) capture
d) evade

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d) evade. To evade is to slip away from, which is what eluding means.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The leopard managed to ellude the forest guards for three days before it was spotted near a tea garden.

a) spotted
b) ellude
c) garden
d) guards

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b) ellude. Elude has only one l after the e.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) inclued
b) elude
c) persue
d) persuaid

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b) elude. The correct forms are persuade, pursue and include.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A cat that eludes the children chasing it ____.

a) walks up to them to be stroked
b) is caught at the gate
c) gets away without being caught
d) waits for them by the door

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c) gets away without being caught

2. If sleep eludes you, you ____.

a) cannot fall asleep
b) dream a lot
c) wake up early
d) sleep very deeply

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a) cannot fall asleep

Associated Words

Words that end in -ude: altitude, longitude, fortitude, aptitude, preclude, solitude

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: escape, dodge, avoid, catch, face

More words from this list

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