escapes (verb)

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• escape — [[t]ɪske͟ɪp[/t]] ♦♦ escapes, escaping, escaped 1) VERB: no passive If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it. [V from n] A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England... [V to n] They are reported to have escaped to …   English dictionary

• escape — I. verb (escaped; escaping) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French escaper, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from Latin ex + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. to get away (as by flight)… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• escape — 1 /I skeIp/ verb 1 PERSON/PLACE (I, T) to get away from a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you leaving: Anyone trying to escape will be shot! (+ from/through/over etc): Two men have escaped from Durham jail. | escape sb s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• escape — I UK [ɪˈskeɪp] / US verb Word forms escape : present tense I/you/we/they escape he/she/it escapes present participle escaping past tense escaped past participle escaped *** 1) [intransitive] to get away from a place where you are in danger Three… …   English dictionary

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