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escape

noun · verb · 38 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈskeɪp/
  • Received-Pronunciation, proscribed: /ɪk-/
  • General-American: /ɪˈskeɪp/
  • General-American: /ə-/
  • General-American: /ɛ-/
  • General-American, proscribed: /ɛk-/
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  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪp
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 S K EY1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something that has escaped; an escapee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

escape key

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Examples

  • You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A successful shot from a snooker position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A sally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

An apophyge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To get free; to free oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
  • The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To break out of confinement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The prisoners escaped their cell.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.
  • The children climbed out of the window to escape the fire.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To avoid responsibilities and stresses for a time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Work was stressful, and I needed to escape.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To be forgotten by.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I used to know the name of the capital of France, but it escapes me now.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The name of the hotel escapes me at present.
  • The detective examined the crime scene, but one clue escaped his notice.
  • c. 1698-1699 (year published) Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs They escaped the search of the enemy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • When using the "bash" shell, you can escape the ampersand character with a backslash.
  • Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To grow wild, instead of in a cultivated area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

Examples

  • You have to be careful planting mint, or it will escape and take over your yard.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To express, especially involuntarily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I tried to look disappointed, but a smile escaped me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

the act of escaping physically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he made his escape from the mental hospital
  • the canary escaped from its cage
  • his flight was an indication of his guilt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flight

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: running away

Narrower terms: evasion, break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking, getaway, lam, exodus, hegira, hejira, skedaddle, Underground Railroad, Underground Railway

25

noun

Meaning 25

a means or way of escaping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hard work was his escape from worry
  • they installed a second hatch as an escape
  • their escape route

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: means, agency, way

26

noun

Meaning 26

an avoidance of danger or difficulty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that was a narrow escape

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging

27

noun

Meaning 27

an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
  • his alcohol problem was a form of escapism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: escapism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diversion, recreation

28

noun

Meaning 28

nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
  • that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evasion, dodging

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance

Narrower terms: escape mechanism, malingering, skulking, shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking, circumvention

29

noun

Meaning 29

a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regulator, valve

30

noun

Meaning 30

the discharge of a fluid from some container

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
  • he had to clean up the leak

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discharge, outpouring, run

31

noun

Meaning 31

a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant, flora, plant life

32

verb

Meaning 32

issue or leak, as from a small opening

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Gas escaped into the bedroom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress

33

verb

Meaning 33

fail to experience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Fortunately, I missed the hurricane

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: miss

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: avoid

34

verb

Meaning 34

escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She gets away with murder!
  • I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get off, get away, get by, get out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: avoid

Narrower terms: evade

35

verb

Meaning 35

run away from confinement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get away, break loose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flee, fly, take flight

Narrower terms: break, break out, break away, shake, shake off, throw off, escape from, elude, evade, bilk, slip, run away, escape, get away

36

verb

Meaning 36

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • If you see this man, run!
  • The burglars escaped before the police showed up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, break away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away

Narrower terms: flee, fly, take flight, skedaddle

37

verb

Meaning 37

remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We escaped to our summer house for a few days
  • The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: escape, get away, break loose

38

verb

Meaning 38

be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • What you are seeing in him eludes me

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elude

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

Narrower terms: defy, resist, refuse

History

Etymology

From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.

Across languages

Translations

412 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِرَار (firār) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Arabic: هُرُوب (hurūb) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Arabic: هَرَب (harab) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Arabic: هروب (hurūb) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Arabic: زوغان (zawaḡān) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Armenian: փախուստ (pʻaxust) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Asturian: escape — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Azerbaijani: qaçış — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Belarusian: уцёкі (ucjóki) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Bulgarian: бя́гство (bjágstvo) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Catalan: fuita — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃跑 (táopǎo) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃脫 /逃脱 (táotuō) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Czech: útěk — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Czech: únik — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Dutch: ontsnappen — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Finnish: pako — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Finnish: poispääsy — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • French: évasion — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • French: échappatoire — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • German: Flucht — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Greek: απόδραση (apódrasi) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Ancient Greek: φυγή (phugḗ) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Hebrew: בריחה (b'rikhá) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Hungarian: menekülés — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Hungarian: szökés — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Hungarian: megmenekülés — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Hungarian: elszökés — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Hungarian: megszökés — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Indonesian: kabur — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Italian: evasione — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Italian: fuga — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Japanese: 脱出 (dasshutsu) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Korean: 탈출 (talchul) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Latin: fuga — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Latin: effugium — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Macedonian: бегство (begstvo) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Macedonian: бег (beg) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Māori: kaireretanga — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Māori: oraititanga — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Māori: whatinga — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Marathi: सुटका (suṭkā) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Old English: flēam — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Persian: فرار (farâr) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Persian: گریز (gurēz / goriz) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Plautdietsch: Flucht — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Polish: ucieczka — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Portuguese: escapada — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Portuguese: escape — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Portuguese: escapatória — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Quechua: ayqiy — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Romanian: evadare — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Russian: побе́г (pobég) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Russian: бе́гство (bégstvo) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Russian: спасе́ние (spasénije) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Northern Sami: báhtareapmi — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Scottish Gaelic: dol-às — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: бијег — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: бекство — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: бјекство — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: bijeg — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: bekstvo — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: bjekstvo — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Slovak: útek — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Slovak: únik — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Slovene: pobeg — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Slovene: beg — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Spanish: escapada — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Spanish: fuga — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Spanish: escape — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Spanish: escapatoria — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Spanish: liberación — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Swahili: kwepa — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Swedish: flykt — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Tagalog: pagtakas — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Telugu: పలాయనము (palāyanamu) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Turkish: firar — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Turkish: kaçış — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Ukrainian: вте́ча (vtéča) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Yiddish: אַנטלויף (antloyf) — act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • Finnish: vuoto — leakage or outflow
  • Hungarian: szivárgás — leakage or outflow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 退出鍵 /退出键 (tuìchū jiàn) — computing: escape key
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逸出鍵 /逸出键 (yìchū jiàn) — computing: escape key
  • Dutch: escapetoets — computing: escape key
  • Finnish: esc-näppäin — computing: escape key
  • Japanese: エスケープキー (esukēpu kī) — computing: escape key
  • Japanese: エスケープ (esukēpu) — computing: escape key
  • Korean: 이스케이프 키 (iseukeipeu ki) — computing: escape key
  • Korean: 이스케이프 (iseukeipeu) — computing: escape key
  • Marathi: एस्केप (eskep) — computing: escape key
  • Portuguese: esc — computing: escape key
  • Russian: эске́йп (eskéjp) — computing: escape key
  • Russian: кла́виша эске́йп (kláviša eskéjp) — computing: escape key
  • Spanish: escape — computing: escape key
  • Swahili: kwepa — computing: escape key
  • Ukrainian: еске́йп (eskéjp) — computing: escape key
  • Finnish: esc-merkki — programming: ASCII character
  • Marathi: एस्केप (eskep) — programming: ASCII character
  • Spanish: escape — programming: ASCII character
  • Swahili: kwepa — programming: ASCII character
  • Finnish: vahinko — that which escapes attention or restraint
  • Finnish: lipsahdus — that which escapes attention or restraint
  • Romanian: scăpare — that which escapes attention or restraint
  • Albanian: arratisem — to get free; to free oneself
  • Arabic: هَرَبَ (haraba) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Arabic: فلت (falat) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Arabic: زوغ (zawwaḡ) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Arabic: هرب (harab) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Armenian: փախչել (pʻaxčʻel) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Aromanian: scap — to get free; to free oneself
  • Aromanian: ascap — to get free; to free oneself
  • Assamese: পলা (pola) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Assamese: ভাগ (bhag) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Asturian: escapar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Basque: ihes egin — to get free; to free oneself
  • Bulgarian: отървавам се (otǎrvavam se) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Catalan: escapar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Catalan: fugir — to get free; to free oneself
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏘᎠ (alitia) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃生 (táoshēng) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃跑 (táopǎo) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Czech: uniknout — to get free; to free oneself
  • Dutch: ontsnappen — to get free; to free oneself
  • Esperanto: eskapi — to get free; to free oneself
  • Estonian: pääsema — to get free; to free oneself
  • Finnish: paeta — to get free; to free oneself
  • Finnish: karata — to get free; to free oneself
  • Finnish: päästä — to get free; to free oneself
  • French: échapper — to get free; to free oneself
  • French: s'échapper — to get free; to free oneself
  • French: fuir — to get free; to free oneself
  • Friulian: scjampâ — to get free; to free oneself
  • Friulian: sčhampâ — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: ciscar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: cispar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: liscar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: iscar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: escampaviar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: escabildrar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: fuxir — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: afufar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: rispar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Galician: alimpar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva) — to get free; to free oneself
  • German: entgehen — to get free; to free oneself
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (unþaþliuhan) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Greek: δραπετεύω (drapetévo) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ancient Greek: φεύγω (pheúgō) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Haitian Creole: chape — to get free; to free oneself
  • Hebrew: נִמְלַט (nimlát) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Hungarian: megszökik — to get free; to free oneself
  • Hungarian: elszökik — to get free; to free oneself
  • Hungarian: kiszökik — to get free; to free oneself
  • Hungarian: kiszabadul — to get free; to free oneself
  • Icelandic: sleppa — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ido: eskapar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Indonesian: kabur — to get free; to free oneself
  • Italian: scappare — to get free; to free oneself
  • Italian: fuggire — to get free; to free oneself
  • Italian: darsela a gambe — to get free; to free oneself
  • Japanese: 逃げる (nigeru) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Japanese: 免れる (manukareru) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Kabuverdianu: fuji — to get free; to free oneself
  • Khmer: គេច (kɨc) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Khmer: រួច (ruəc) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: revîn — to get free; to free oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: bazdan — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latin: fugio — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latin: evado — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latin: aufugio — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latin: effugio — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latin: subterfugio — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latin: refugio — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latin: profugio — to get free; to free oneself
  • Latvian: izbēgt — to get free; to free oneself
  • Lithuanian: pabėgti — to get free; to free oneself
  • Malay: lari — to get free; to free oneself
  • Maltese: ħarab — to get free; to free oneself
  • Mansaka: losot — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: oraiti — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: paheno — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: pahiko — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: pakiha — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: mawhiti — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: puta te ihu — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: hōnea — to get free; to free oneself
  • Māori: whakatipa — to get free; to free oneself
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thǖkhū — to get free; to free oneself
  • Norman: êcapper — to get free; to free oneself
  • Norwegian: unnslippe — to get free; to free oneself
  • Norwegian: unnkomme — to get free; to free oneself
  • Occitan: escapar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Occitan: fugir — to get free; to free oneself
  • Old English: flēon — to get free; to free oneself
  • Old English: wiþfaran — to get free; to free oneself
  • Oromo: miliquu — to get free; to free oneself
  • Persian: فرار کردن (farâr kardan) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Polish: wydostawać się — to get free; to free oneself
  • Polish: wydostać się — to get free; to free oneself
  • Portuguese: escapar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Portuguese: fugir — to get free; to free oneself
  • Romanian: evada — to get free; to free oneself
  • Romanian: scăpa — to get free; to free oneself
  • Romansh: mitschar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Romansh: mütschir — to get free; to free oneself
  • Romansh: scappar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Romansh: scapar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Romansh: scapper — to get free; to free oneself
  • Russian: спаса́ться (spasátʹsja) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Russian: спасти́сь (spastísʹ) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Russian: соверша́ть побе́г (soveršátʹ pobég) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Russian: соверши́ть побе́г (soveršítʹ pobég) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Northern Sami: báhtarit — to get free; to free oneself
  • Sanskrit: सिसर्ति (sisarti) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Slovak: utiecť — to get free; to free oneself
  • Slovene: zbežati — to get free; to free oneself
  • Slovene: pobegniti — to get free; to free oneself
  • Spanish: escapar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Spanish: liberarse — to get free; to free oneself
  • Spanish: fugarse — to get free; to free oneself
  • Spanish: furtarse — to get free; to free oneself
  • Swahili: kuponyoka — to get free; to free oneself
  • Swedish: fly — to get free; to free oneself
  • Swedish: rymma — to get free; to free oneself
  • Tagalog: takas — to get free; to free oneself
  • Tamil: தப்பி (tappi) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Thai: หนี (nǐi) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Turkish: kaçmak — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ukrainian: рятува́тися (rjatuvátysja) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ukrainian: врятува́тися (vrjatuvátysja) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ukrainian: спаса́тися (spasátysja) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ukrainian: спасти́ся (spastýsja) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ukrainian: утіка́ти (utikáty) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ukrainian: втіка́ти (vtikáty) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Ukrainian: втекти́ (vtektý) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Venetan: scanpar — to get free; to free oneself
  • Vietnamese: thoát — to get free; to free oneself
  • Vietnamese: trốn thoát — to get free; to free oneself
  • Vietnamese: trốn khỏi — to get free; to free oneself
  • Welsh: dianc — to get free; to free oneself
  • Yiddish: אַנטלויפֿן (antloyfn) — to get free; to free oneself
  • Albanian: shmangem — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Armenian: խուսափել (xusapʻel) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Aromanian: scap — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Aromanian: ascap — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Assamese: সাৰ (xar) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Bulgarian: избягвам (izbjagvam) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Catalan: eludir — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Catalan: escapar — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏘᎠ (alitia) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃逸 (táoyì) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Dutch: ontsnappen aan — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Dutch: ontgaan — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Finnish: välttää — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Finnish: paeta — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Finnish: livistää — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Finnish: livetä — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • French: éviter — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Galician: deludir — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Galician: evanecer — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Galician: baratar — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Galician: escudir — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • German: entgehen — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • German: ausweichen — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Greek: διαφεύγω (diafévgo) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Greek: γλιτώνω (glitóno) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Ancient Greek: φεύγω (pheúgō) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Hungarian: elkerül — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Ingrian: välttää — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Italian: evitare — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Italian: eludere — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Italian: svicolare — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Italian: sgattaiolare — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Kabuverdianu: futi — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Kabuverdianu: fuji — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Northern Kurdish: filitîn — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Latin: defugio — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thǖkhū — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Norwegian: unngå — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Occitan: eludir — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Old English: ætberstan — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Polish: unikać — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Polish: uniknąć — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Portuguese: evitar — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Romanian: scăpa — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Russian: избега́ть (izbegátʹ) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Russian: избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Russian: отде́лываться (otdélyvatʹsja) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Russian: отде́латься (otdélatʹsja) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Slovak: vyhnúť sa — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Slovene: ubežati — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Spanish: escapar — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Spanish: eludir — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Swahili: kwepa — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Swedish: undfly — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Swedish: fly — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Swedish: undgå — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Thai: หลบหลีก (lòp-lìik) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Turkish: kaçmak — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Ukrainian: уника́ти (unykáty) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Ukrainian: уни́кнути (unýknuty) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Ukrainian: омина́ти (omynáty) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Ukrainian: омину́ти (omynúty) — to avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from
  • Bulgarian: изплъзвам се (izplǎzvam se) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Catalan: escapar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏘᎠ (alitia) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃逸 (táoyì) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Dutch: er vanaf komen — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Finnish: välttyä — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Finnish: päästä — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Finnish: selvitä — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • French: s'en tirer — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: ciscar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: cispar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: liscar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: iscar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: escampaviar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: escabildrar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: fuxir — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: afufar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: rispar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Galician: alimpar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • German: davonkommen — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Greek: ξεφεύγω (xefévgo) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Greek: γλιτώνω (glitóno) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Hungarian: elmenekül — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Hungarian: megmenekül — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Hungarian: megúszik — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Italian: fuggire — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Italian: scappare — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Italian: farla franca — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Kabuverdianu: futi — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Kabuverdianu: fuji — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Latin: fugio — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Latin: evado — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Latin: aufugio — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Latin: effugio — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Latin: subterfugio — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Latin: refugio — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Latin: profugio — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Māori: oraiti — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Māori: pakiha — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Māori: pahiko — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Māori: oma — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Māori: paheno — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Māori: rere — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Māori: mawhiti — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Occitan: escapar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Persian: گریختن (gorixtan) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Portuguese: escapar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Romanian: scăpa — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Russian: ускольза́ть (uskolʹzátʹ) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Russian: ускользну́ть (uskolʹznútʹ) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Spanish: escapar — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Spanish: salvarse — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Spanish: evadir — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Swahili: kwepa — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Swedish: komma undan — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Thai: หลบหนี (lòp-nǐi) — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Turkish: kurtulmak — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Vietnamese: tránh — to avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment
  • Catalan: eludir — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Finnish: jäädä huomaamatta — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Finnish: unohtua — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Finnish: jäädä mielestä — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • French: échapper (à quelqu'un) — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Galician: xiparse — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Galician: risparse — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Galician: guiparse — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Galician: liscarse — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Galician: safar — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Greek: διαφεύγω (diafévgo) — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Greek: διαλανθάνω (dialantháno) — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Hungarian: nem vesz észre — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Hungarian: elkerüli a figyelmét — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Hungarian: nem jut eszébe — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Italian: sviare — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Italian: eludere — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Portuguese: iludir — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Portuguese: desviar — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Portuguese: fugir — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Romanian: scăpa — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Northern Sami: vajálduvvat — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Spanish: escaparse — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Spanish: esconderse — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Swahili: kwepa — to elude the observation, notice of, or recollection; to not be seen or remembered by
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉義 /转义 (zhuǎnyì) — to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key
  • Finnish: suojata — to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key
  • Finnish: eskapoida — to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key
  • Russian: экрани́ровать (ekranírovatʹ) — to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key
  • Spanish: escapar — to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key
  • Swahili: kwepa — to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key
  • Dutch: stoppen — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Dutch: afbreken — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Dutch: onderbreken — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Finnish: keskeyttää ohjelma — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Greek: διακόπτω (diakópto) — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Hungarian: megszakít — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Hungarian: megállít — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Hungarian: leállít — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Russian: выйти (vyjti) — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Russian: завершить (zaveršitʹ) — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Spanish: cancelar — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Spanish: detener — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Spanish: abortar — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Spanish: tronar — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Swahili: kwepa — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Swedish: avbryta — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Ukrainian: ви́йти (výjty) — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
  • Ukrainian: ви́хід (výxid) — to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys
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