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/ɪˈskeɪp/
US
/ɪˈskeɪp/
escape down
escape out
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escape
verb
escaped
Past Simple
escaped
Past Participle
escaping
Gerund
UK
/ɪˈskeɪp/
US
/ɪˈskeɪp/
Translations
убежать
The prisoner managed to escape from the cell.
Заключённому удалось убежать из камеры.
сбежать
They planned to escape from the city during the night.
Они планировали сбежать из города ночью.
избежать
He tried to escape punishment by lying.
Он пытался избежать наказания, солгав.
ускользнуть
The thief managed to escape the police.
Вору удалось ускользнуть от полиции.
Additional translations
выкарабкаться
удрать
улизнуть
Definitions
To break free from confinement or control.
The prisoners managed to escape from the high-security prison.
To avoid something undesirable or unpleasant.
She tried to escape the awkward conversation by pretending to receive a phone call.
To elude or get away from a pursuer or danger.
The deer escaped the hunter by darting into the dense forest.
To issue or leak out, as a gas or liquid.
Gas was escaping from the broken pipe, creating a hazardous situation.
To fail to be remembered, noticed, or achieved by someone.
Her name escapes me at the moment.
Synonyms
flee
evade
elude
break out
get away
slip away
abscond
run away
Antonyms
capture
confront
face
escape
noun
escapes
pl
UK
/ɪˈskeɪp/
US
/ɪˈskeɪp/
Translations
побег
The prisoner planned his escape from the high-security prison.
Заключённый планировал свой побег из тюрьмы строгого режима.
выход
The emergency escape is located at the back of the building.
Аварийный выход находится в задней части здания.
спасение
The rescue team provided an escape for the stranded hikers.
Спасательная команда обеспечила спасение застрявшим туристам.
Additional translations
уход
избавление
Definitions
An act of breaking free from confinement or control.
The prisoner's escape was meticulously planned over several months.
A means of avoiding something unpleasant or dangerous.
Reading books is her escape from the stresses of daily life.
A form of temporary distraction or relief from reality.
Movies provide an escape from the mundane routine of everyday life.
A leakage of gas, liquid, or heat from a container or system.
The escape of gas from the pipeline was quickly contained by the emergency crew.
The Escape key on a computer keyboard.
Press Escape to exit full-screen mode.
A cultivated plant or domesticated animal that has become wild after getting out of cultivation or confinement.
Japanese knotweed, once an ornamental, is now a troublesome escape along riverbanks.
Synonyms
fleeing
breakout
flight
elopement
getaway
exodus
escape
adjective
UK
/ɪˈskeɪp/
US
/ɪˈskeɪp/
Used attributively (escape route, escape hatch) so treated as adjective.
Definitions
Designated or intended for use in getting away from danger or confinement.
Every floor must have clearly marked escape routes.
Synonyms
escaped
fugitive
runaway
absconded
at large
free
liberated
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