the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
Used in a Sentence
escape
How to use escape in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for escape.
Editorial note
[8] This is how it works when looking at it interacting with it's escape wheel.
Examples14
Definitions15
Parts of speech2
Quick take
the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of escape gathered in one view.
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for escape.
noun
the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
See also: flight
noun
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
See also: escapism
noun
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
noun
an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
noun
a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
noun
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
noun
the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
noun
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
verb
run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
verb
fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
See also: miss
verb
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
verb
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
See also: elude
verb
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
verb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
verb
issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
Example sentences
[8] This is how it works when looking at it interacting with it's escape wheel.
So your memory-safe language needs some first-class escape hatch to unsafe code.
I was smoking on my fire escape, and saw a dude break a car window and steal a shopping bag out of the back seat.
But I do understand that it is a difficult mindset to escape due to social issues.
If I ran a car company and saw this, that's what I would do, which I'm sure also didn't escape Tesla's notice.
The cylinder escapement was not a new invention in the 60's, but it started to get a lot of use around then.
I was born in the 70s and the US was the country you would run to to escape retribution for whistleblowing you did back home.
While putting the dead on a pedestal may comfort our own feelings about death, it doesn't escape the reality of their actions.
If even rtm, tenured professor of computer science at MIT, can't escape from sysadmin duty, I really have no hope.
The swiss lever escapement was up until the mid 2000's practically the only escapement produced in wristwatches.
It solves absolutely zero problems, creates new ones and is impossible to escape.
A fire engineer to design the fire escape strategy and help negotiate the fire fighting strategy with the local fire brigade.
To the degree that you had to care at all about Windows on the server, virtualization assured that it was in its own little box, never again to escape.
It's much more complicated than any of the other escapements, and has whole books written about it, and yet is the simplest mechanism once you figure out how it ticks.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use escape in a sentence?
[8] This is how it works when looking at it interacting with it's escape wheel.
What does escape mean?
the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
What part of speech is escape?
escape is commonly used as noun, verb.