Escape Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Escape? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Example sentences, Related sentences, Antonyms, Words starting with Escape, How to pronounce? Derivations, Words ending with Escape, Synonyms and more...

Escape meaning

Word: Escape

How to pronounce: ɪsˈkeɪp

Verb

Definitions:

1. Break free from confinement or control.

Example sentences: "Two burglars have just escaped from prison"

2. Fail to be noticed or remembered by (someone)

Example sentences: "The name escaped him"

3. Interrupt (an operation) by means of the escape key.

Example sentences: "Once installed, traditional Linux / UNIX escaping, quoting or tabbing is necessary to get to directories with spaces in their names."

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of breaking free from confinement or control.

Example sentences: "The story of his escape from a POW camp"


Synonyms:

avoid

eschew

shun

evacuation

outflow

leakage

leak

runaway

burst

breakout

outrun

abscond

run

flee

elope

disappear

run off

run out

getaway

flight

escapism

rout

take refuge

refuge

take cover

get away

elude

evade

shirk

slip

become free

free oneself

shake

avoidance

emergency exit

hide

exit

go away

go off

get out

deliverance

rescue

lam

evasion

out

survive

get by

be saved

break

break forth

duck

eluding

fly

dodge

bunk


Derivations:

escapee

escapism

escaped

escapist

escapement

escaping


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Escape in Other Languages...

Spanish: Escapar

German: Entkommen

French: échapper

Italian: Sfuggire

Turkish: Kaçma


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