escape

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \is-ˈkāp, es-, dial iks-ˈkāp\
- /ɪˈskeɪp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \is-ˈkāp, es-, dial iks-ˈkāp\

Definitions of escape word

noun escape An act of breaking free from confinement or control. 1
intransitive verb escape get away 1
transitive verb escape get away from 1
abbreviation ESCAPE elude 1
noun escape breakout 1
abbreviation ESCAPE evasion 1

See all 69 definitions of escape

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Parts of speech for Escape

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Escape

escape popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

escape usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for escape

noun escape

seepage — the act or process of seeping; leakage.
leakage — an act of leaking; leak.
leak — an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
outflow — the act of flowing out: We need flood control to stem the river's outflow.
discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.

verb escape

flee — to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
run off — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.

All 94 Synonyms of escape

Antonyms for escape

noun escape

arrival — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, you can refer to their arrival.
coming — A coming event or time is an event or time that will happen soon.
entrance — An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.
stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
staying — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.

verb escape

appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.

All 26 Antonyms of escape

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