elude

5 definitions • 6 examples

If something that you want eludes you, you do not succeed in achieving it:

The gold medal continues to elude her.

They had minor breakthroughs but real success eluded them.

to not be caught by someone:

They eluded the police by fleeing.

If a piece of information eludes you, you cannot remember it:

I know who you mean but her name eludes me.

to avoid someone or something:

The bear that had eluded capture for so long was caught at last.

If something eludes you, you do not succeed in achieving it:

It was simply her misfortune that an Olympic medal eluded her in 1988.