MEANING
To intentionally avoid an activity, practice, or thing because it is unwanted or inappropriate.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- eschew ornament
- eschew violence
On the page
The author eschewed ornament when describing the execution.
She eschewed the ceremony but kept its smallest promise.
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Word forms
- Base
- eschew
- Past tense
- eschewed
- Past participle
- eschewed
- Present participle
- eschewing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- eschew
- Present continuous
- am/is/are eschewing
- Present perfect
- have/has eschewed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been eschewing
- Past
- eschewed
- Past continuous
- was/were eschewing
- Past perfect
- had eschewed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been eschewing
- Future
- will eschew
- Future continuous
- will be eschewing
- Future perfect
- will have eschewed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been eschewing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: eschew; eschews; eschewed; eschewed; eschewing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: eschews.
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