escape

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈskeɪp/ UK /ɪˈskeɪp/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #1124

Meanings

1

verb
To get free from a place where you were trapped or held.

The prisoner escaped from the high-security jail during the night.
2

noun
The act of getting free from a place or a difficult situation.

The thieves planned their escape carefully.
3

verb
To get away from your usual life for rest or pleasure.

We escaped to a quiet beach house for the weekend.
4

verb
To leak out slowly through a small opening, as gas or liquid.

Gas was escaping from the cracked pipe.
5

noun
A way of forgetting unpleasant reality through entertainment or fantasy.

Romantic novels are her escape from the stress of daily life.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to get free from a place... break looseget away

2 noun · the act of getting free... flight

3 verb · to get away from your usual... get away

4 verb · to leak out slowly through... leak

5 noun · a way of forgetting... escapism

Word family

Forms escapedescapesescaping

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.

escapen Middle English escaper fro-nor *excappāre la-vul ex- Latin cappa la-lat

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Topics

Describing Qualities Entertainment & Leisure

# escape

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ɪˈskeɪp
**IPA (UK):** ɪˈskeɪp
**Frequency rank:** 1124

## Meanings
1. To get free from a place where you were trapped or held.
2. The act of getting free from a place or a difficult situation.
3. To get away from your usual life for rest or pleasure.
4. To leak out slowly through a small opening, as gas or liquid.
5. A way of forgetting unpleasant reality through entertainment or fantasy.

## Examples
- The prisoner escaped from the high-security jail during the night.
- The thieves planned their escape carefully.
- We escaped to a quiet beach house for the weekend.
- Gas was escaping from the cracked pipe.
- Romantic novels are her escape from the stress of daily life.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: escapen
- Root: escaper
- Root: *excappāre
- Root: ex-
- Root: cappa

## Etymology
From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.

## AI Etymology
Escape comes from Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper (= Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Entertainment & Leisure

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