Egress - English meaning

noun

The action of leaving, especially to start a journey.

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The day of departure

noun

The act of leaving a place, job, etc., or an occasion when this happens

Usage examples:

[ u ] departure is scheduled for 2 p.m., [ c ] our departure was delayed because of bad weather., […

noun

The act of leaving a company or a job

Usage examples:

The current finance director will retire, but she has set no date for her departure., a sudden/surp…

noun

Something which originates or issues from a source.

Usage examples:

She saw the insults as emanations of his own tortured personality

noun

The act of producing something or of expressing a quality or feeling

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Human language is an emanation of the human mind., constitutional law should be treated as the eman…

noun

The act of producing something or of expressing a quality or feeling

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Human language is an emanation of the human mind., constitutional law should be treated as the eman…

noun

The process of becoming visible after being concealed.

Usage examples:

I misjudged the timing of my emergence

noun

The process of appearing

Usage examples:

The agreement set the stage for the company's emergence from bankruptcy., the emergence of a pandem…

noun

The fact of something becoming known or starting to exist

Usage examples:

Emergence of the emergence of a new strain of the hiv virus, one notable trend was the emergence of…

verb

Break free from confinement or control.

Usage examples:

Two burglars have just escaped from prison

noun

An act of breaking free from confinement or control.

Usage examples:

The gang had made their escape

verb

Run away from confinement

noun

A way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle.

Usage examples:

She slipped out by the rear exit

verb

Go out of or leave a place.

Usage examples:

He exited from the changing rooms

verb

Move out of or depart from

noun

A mass departure of people.

Usage examples:

The annual exodus of sun-seeking canadians to florida

proper noun

The second book of the bible, which recounts the departure of the israelites from slavery in egypt, their journey across the red sea and through the wilderness led by moses, and the giving of the ten commandments. the events have been variously dated by scholars between about 1580 and 1200 bc.

noun

The movement of a lot of people from a place at the same time

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The hurricane warning caused a mass exodus.

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

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The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

verb

(of a plant) put out new leaves.

Usage examples:

Trees leaved, wild flowers burst in profusion on the far side of the lake.

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

collocation

Move out or away

phrasal verb

(of a vehicle) move out from the side of the road, or from its normal position in order to overtake.

Usage examples:

As he turned the corner a police car pulled out in front of him

phrasal verb

Withdraw from an undertaking.

Usage examples:

He was forced to pull out of the championship because of an injury

verb

(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.

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The french retreated in disarray

noun

An act of moving back or withdrawing.

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A speedy retreat

verb

The act of withdrawing or going backward

noun

The action of withdrawing something.

Usage examples:

The withdrawal of legal aid

noun

An act of taking something back, removing something, or moving something back

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[ c ] a troop withdrawal, [ c ] he had made several large withdrawals from his bank account (= he h…

noun

The act of taking money out of an account, or the amount of money taken

Usage examples:

The savings account only allows you to make three withdrawals a year., there's a cash withdrawal li…