escape
the act of escaping physically
How often you will meet it
Rank 806 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,551 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the act of escaping physically also: flight he made his escape from the mental hospitalthe canary escaped from its cage
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy also: escapism romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily lifehis alcohol problem was a form of escapism
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do also: evasion, dodging his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensiblethat escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
- an avoidance of danger or difficulty that was a narrow escape
- a means or way of escaping hard work was his escape from worrythey installed a second hatch as an escape
- a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
escape in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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These words did not escape the sharp ears of the Greek.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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And when their tombs are opened after hundreds of years, sweet odours escape therefrom.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Let him once get to the main road and he would find a way to escape.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Undoubtedly it was the detective, Howells, who followed him, hoping, perhaps, that he would make some mad effort at escape.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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The judge was killed in the court house, and Julian, heavily armed, made his escape to the swamps near the city.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1