обходи́ть
- 1.
to go around, to walk around, to skirt
Она́ обхо́дит большу́ю лу́жу.
She walks around the big puddle.
Of moving round something physically so as not to touch or cross it.
- 2.
to circumvent, to evade, to bypass, to avoid
Автоуго́нщики уме́ют обходи́ть блокиро́вку зажига́ния.
Car thieves know how to bypass the ignition lock.
Of laws, rules, obstacles, awkward topics.
- 3.
to make the rounds of, to go round (all of), to tour
Полице́йский обходи́л свой уча́сток.
The policeman was making the rounds of his beat.
Of patrols, doctors' rounds, visiting every house in turn.
- 4.
to overtake, to outstrip, to surpass
На после́днем кру́ге он обхо́дит сопе́рника.
On the last lap he overtakes his rival.
In a race or in competition.
- 5.
to pass over, to overlook, to leave out
Его́ постоя́нно обхо́дят по слу́жбе.
He is constantly passed over for promotion.
Often обходить по службе 'to pass over for promotion'.
Motion info
обходи́ть is derived from the multidirectional verb of motion ходи́ть with prefix об- (around).
Examples
Соседи называли её смутьянкой и обходили стороной.
The neighbors called her a troublemaker and avoided her.
Мы обходили квартал, перестаивавшийся после пожара.
We walked around the block, which was being rebuilt after the fire.
Сапёры обходили минированный участок дороги.
The sappers went around the mined section of the road.
Простреливавшийся мост солдаты обходили ночью.
The soldiers bypassed the bridge that was under fire at night.
Позвякивающий ключами сторож обходил двор.
The watchman, jingling his keys, walked around the courtyard.
Мы обходили заболачивавшийся участок дороги стороной.
We gave the section of road that was becoming waterlogged a wide berth.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | обхожу́ | бу́ду обходи́ть |
| ты | обхо́дишь | бу́дешь обходи́ть |
| он/она́/оно́ | обхо́дит | бу́дет обходи́ть |
| мы | обхо́дим | бу́дем обходи́ть |
| вы | обхо́дите | бу́дете обходи́ть |
| они́ | обхо́дят | бу́дут обходи́ть |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | обходи́ |
| вы | обходи́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | обходи́л |
| feminine | обходи́ла |
| neuter | обходи́ло |
| plural | обходи́ли |
Participles
| Active present | going around, bypassing, circumventing | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having visited, having frequented, who visited, who frequented | |
| Passive present | circumventable, avoidable, bypassable | |
| Passive past | well-cared for, tended, well-kept, neat | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | обходив обходивши | while doing (past) |
Word familyходи́тьPRO
Prefix groupPRO
(Derived from ходи́ть.)
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| обходи́ть | об- | to go around; to circumvent; to make the rounds of; to overtake; to pass over |
| обходи́ться | об- | to do without; to treat (someone); to cost; to turn out (a certain way) |
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