escape
Phonetic
US /ɪˈskeɪp/UK /ɪˈskeɪp/
Translations
VERBTo get free; to free oneself., To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from., To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment., To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by., 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., To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
NOUNThe act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation., Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation., Something that has escaped; an escapee., A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life., escape key, The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal)., A successful shot from a snooker position., A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility., That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression., A sally., An apophyge.
Variants
- escapes: Third Person Singular, Plural
- escaping: Present Participle
- escaped: Past Participle, Past Tense
Examples
Where Parisians Escape to for Secret Beaches and Oyster Cabanas
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What followed was an unconsummated marriage before the couple were granted an annulment in July 1540 – some may say, a lucky escape for Anne.
Source:www.bbc.com
What followed was an unconsummated marriage before the couple were granted an annulment in July 1540 – some may say, a lucky escape for Anne.
Source:www.bbc.com
Modernize build; drop special handling for Escape
Source:github.com
According to him, North Koreans who escape to Dandong are often shocked by Dandong's "wealth" and "prosperity"...
Source:www.quora.com
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