noun Download 🔗Share The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. Examples : "The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel." situation action event essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation. Examples : "The escape of water from the leaky pipe caused a small flood in the basement. " technical physics energy industry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something that has escaped; an escapee. Examples : "The escape from the burning building was a miracle. " action event person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life. Examples : "The summer escape was a much-needed break from the pressures of school and work. " holiday entertainment time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Escape key Examples : "Pressing the escape key on my keyboard canceled the unwanted file deletion. " computing technology electronics device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal). Examples : "You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream." character computing technology electronics communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A successful shot from a snooker position. Examples : "He made a difficult escape, potting the red ball cleanly from the corner pocket. " sport game achievement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility. Examples : "The faulty batch of computer chips was an escape from the factory, causing widespread delays in production. " industry business technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression. Examples : "The teacher overlooked a crucial detail in the exam, and that escape cost many students points. " action situation character event essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sally. Examples : "The escape from the noisy classroom was a welcome sally. " action military war essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An apophyge. Examples : "The escape from the noisy classroom was a welcome apophyge for the tired students. " architecture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To get free; to free oneself. Examples : "The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe." action situation event essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from. Examples : "He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail." action situation event possibility essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment. Examples : "Luckily, I escaped with only a fine." action police law essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by. Examples : "The name of the hotel escapes me at present." action mind essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character. Examples : "Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal." computing language technology technical internet communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys. Examples : "To escape the confusing instructions, I pressed the Esc key. " computing technology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading