escape
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situationThe act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
» Tom helped Mary escape from prison.
Том помог Мэри сбежать из тюрьмы.
Том допоміг Мері втекти з в'язниці.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.
Flucht
побе́гpobég, бе́гствоbégstvo, спасе́ниеspasénije
вте́чаvtéča
(countable, uncountable)Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
(countable, uncountable)Something that has escaped; an escapee.
(countable, uncountable)A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
(countable, uncountable)Escape key
эске́йпeskéjp, кла́виша эске́йпkláviša eskéjp
еске́йпeskéjp
(countable, uncountable)The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.
(countable, uncountable)A successful shot from a snooker position.
(countable, uncountable)A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
(countable, uncountable)An apophyge.
(countable, uncountable)A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A sally.
Examples
1528 sentencesTom helped Mary escape from prison.
Том допоміг Мері втекти з в'язниці.
ruТом помог Мэри сбежать из тюрьмы.
We won't be able to escape.
Ми не зможемо втікти.
ruМы не сможем убежать.
deWir werden nicht entkommen können.
Tom didn't even try to escape.
Том навіть не намагався втікти.
ruТом даже не пытался сбежать.
Tom can probably help us escape.
Том, мабуть, може допомогти нам врятуватися.
Once again, I was able to escape death.
Я знову зміг уникнути смерті.
deWieder konnte ich dem Tod entgehen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old FreFrom Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.
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Forms
plural: escapesSynonyms
11 synonyms- the act of escaping physically:flight
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy:escapism
- the discharge of a fluid from some container:leakleakageoutflow
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do:evasiondodging
- a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level:safety valverelief valveescape valveescape cock
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- try to escape
- escaped from prison
- escaped from the
- to escape from
- managed to escape
- able to escape
- narrowly escaped
- the escaped prisoners
- escaped prisoner
- narrowly escaped being
- attempted to escape
- escaped being being