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escape

  • verb
  • es·cape
  • /ɪˈskeɪp/

To get free; to free oneself.

Example

“The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.”

Other meanings

  1. To break out of confinement.

    “The prisoners escaped their cell.”

  2. To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

    “He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.”

Synonyms

  • break loose
  • get away

Related words

  • escapable
  • escape artist
  • escape artistry
  • escape character
  • escape clause
  • escape cock
  • escape fire
  • escape goat
  • escape hatch
  • escape key
  • escape literature
  • escape mechanism

Example sentences

  • “She could not escape with her reputation intact.”

    Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

  • “The game offered a brief escape from reality.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “No one escapes from that place.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "cappa" (cape, cloak).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “escape” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.