escape
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2.0
- noun
- /ɪˈskeɪp/
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vía de escape
- And thankfully my escape was the gym.
- escape from reality
- seek an escape
- offer an escape
And thankfully my escape was the gym.
- And thankfully my escape was the gym.
- Or is it more like entertaining escape from life that is suffering?
- It's like an instant escape and a way to get high.
- So I had my Tim Burton escape for the imagination.
- You know, my escape was education was books.
- And yay for new foundation and for the escape through makeup.
- People come to see you play to escape their shit.
Examples
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Daily life is harsh, and most of us constantly seek escape from it in fantasies and dreams.
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'I think the shop is an escape for a lot of people.
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It's a wonderful escape from, you know, the normal.
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Writing became an escape and the means for her to recover.
Academic text (2012) -
My only escape is into the memory of a life which seems evermore like a fading dream.
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Audiences answered "Yes" to the familiar questions that opened Escape: "Tired of the everyday grind?"
Academic text (2015) -
I mean, it's exactly because tragedy hits on the truly painful essence of life that people run to my comedies for escape.
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American muzak symbolized escape, and escape is what he longed for.
Fiction book (2000) -
They hired a camper and stowed bicycles in it for their escape.
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Many people find reading books to be a great escape from their daily stresses.
Synonyms
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6.3
A habit of avoiding real problems by escaping into stories or games
A way a person thinks and acts to avoid painful feelings or reality
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.7
A staircase or metal ladder on the outside of a building used to get out during a fire
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4.1
A small door in a vehicle or building that lets people get out quickly in an emergency
- Specialized
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7.7
The speed needed to leave a planet's or star's gravity without more push
- Formal
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5.5
A part of a contract that lets one or both people cancel it in certain situations
- Jargon
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6.5
The point when a company grows enough to support itself without extra funding
A performer who frees themselves from locks, chains, or traps in front of an audience
- Neologism
A person who designs and runs live puzzle rooms where players solve clues to find the exit
- Specialized
A device that opens by itself to let out extra pressure and prevent explosions
- Specialized
A wheel with teeth in a mechanical clock or watch that controls how the gears move
How Relaxing
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun escape for a relief or distraction grew from the basic idea of getting 'out' (from ex- 'out' + cappa 'cloak'), like stepping out of real life for a while. So a book or hobby can be an escape because it lets you 'get out' of your worries.