By avoiding the construction zone, the commuters saved themselves an hour of traffic delays each morning.
通过避开施工区域，通勤者每天早晨为自己节省了一个小时的交通延误时间。
A sleep researcher hypothesizes that avoiding caffeine after 2 p.m.
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Which choice best defines “avoiding”?
A — Keeping away from or stopping oneself from doing something. “avoiding” means keeping away from or stopping oneself from doing something.
Which word means “keeping away from or stopping oneself from doing something”?
B — avoiding. “avoiding” means keeping away from or stopping oneself from doing something.
avoiding — keeping away from or stopping oneself from doing something. In Chinese: 避免.
avoiding is pronounced /əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/.
By avoiding the construction zone, the commuters saved themselves an hour of traffic delays each morning. (通过避开施工区域，通勤者每天早晨为自己节省了一个小时的交通延误时间。)
evading, shunning, dodging — all close in meaning to avoiding (keeping away from or stopping oneself from doing something).
seeking, confronting — each the opposite of avoiding (keeping away from or stopping oneself from doing something).
Yes. avoiding is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.