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noun
An exit or way out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ingress, entrance, way in
noun
The process of exiting or leaving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: departure
Antonyms: entering, entrance
noun
The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To exit or leave; to go or come out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: depart, exit, go out, leave
Antonyms: ingress, enter, go in
noun
the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: egression, emergence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
Narrower terms: surfacing, emission, emanation
noun
the becoming visible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: emergence, issue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning
Narrower terms: eruption, dissilience
noun
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: emersion
Antonyms: ingress
Broader terms: reappearance
verb
come out of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: pop out, radiate, leak, escape, fall, debouch, come out, fall out
History
From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus, literally “out-way”.
From Latin ēgressum, past participle of ēgredior.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
