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- DictionaryEs·cape/əˈskāp/
verb
- 1. break free from confinement or control: "two burglars have just escaped from prison"
- 2. fail to be noticed or remembered by (someone): "the name escaped him"
noun
- 1. an act of breaking free from confinement or control: "the story of his escape from a POW camp"
To escape is to break free, to get out of a situation you don’t want to be in. It’s also a noun, as in an escape from a dull party that might involve a ladder and an upstairs window. It’s hard to pin down the word escape.
to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so. Definition of escape verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · To escape is to succeed in keeping away from danger, pursuit, observation, etc.: to escape punishment. To elude implies baffling pursuers or slipping through an apparently tight net: The fox eluded the hounds.
(of a sound or utterance) to slip from or be expressed by (a person, one's lips, etc.) inadvertently. See more. noun. an act or instance of escaping. the fact of having escaped. a means of escaping: We used the tunnel as an escape. avoidance of reality: She reads mystery stories as an escape.
escape. [intransitive] to get away from a place where you have been kept as a prisoner or not allowed to leave Two prisoners have escaped. They were caught trying to escape. escape from somebody/something He escaped from prison this morning.
an occasion when someone succeeds in getting out of a place or a dangerous or bad situation: There was an escape from the prison last night. More examples. a narrow escape. an occasion when someone almost dies or almost has a very bad experience: They had a very narrow escape.
/ɪˈskeɪp/ Idioms. [countable, uncountable] the act or a method of escaping from a place or an unpleasant or dangerous situation. I had a narrow escape (= I was lucky to have escaped). He had a lucky escape when his car skidded out of control. As soon as he turned his back, she would make her escape.
