Escape Definition

ĭ-skāp
escaped, escapes, escaping
verb
escaped, escapes, escaping
To get away from; flee from.
To escape pursuers.
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To manage to keep away from; avoid.
To escape punishment.
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To avoid an illness, accident, pain, etc.
Two were injured, but he escaped.
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To flow, drain, or leak away.
Gas escaping from a pipe.
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To slip away; disappear.
The image escaped from her memory.
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noun
escapes
An act or instance or escaping.
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The state of having escaped.
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A means or way of escape.
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A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness.
Television is my escape from worry.
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An outward flow or leakage.
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adjective
Giving temporary mental release from reality.
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Making escape possible.
An escape hatch.
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Giving a basis for evading or circumventing a claim, responsibility, etc.
An escape clause.
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Other Word Forms of Escape

Noun

Singular:
escape
Plural:
escapes

Origin of Escape

  • From Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper (= Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, from Latin ex- (“out”) + capio (“capture”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English escapen from Old North French escaper from Vulgar Latin excappāre to get out of one's cape, get away Latin ex- ex- Medieval Latin cappa cloak

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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