escape

  • 51escape — 1. verb /ɪˈskeɪp/ a) To get free, to free oneself. The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall. b) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from. He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail. 2. noun …

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  • 52Escape — Es|cape 〈[ıskɛıp] n. 15; unz.; Abk.: Esc; EDV〉 Taste auf einer Computertastatur, die das schnelle Verlassen von Programmen od. den Abbruch eines begonnenen Rechenprozesses ermöglicht [zu engl. escape „fliehen, entkommen“] * * * Es|cape [ɪs keɪp,… …

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  • 53escape — 1. verb 1) he escaped from prison Syn: run away/off, get out, break out, break free, bolt, make one s getaway, slip away; Brit.; informal do a runner 2) he escaped his pursuers Syn: get a …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 54escape —   Pakele. Also: ho āho, hō alo, mahuka; māihi ola (barely); ākelekele (from danger or sickness). See sayings, akule, āpua2.    ♦ Narrow escape, pakele mai make.    ♦ To help escape, ho opakele, ho opūhalahio …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 55escape — ● ►en np. ►KEY Esc est l abrév. usuelle de Escape, échap en français. Ce peut être la touche du même nom ou le début d une séquence de codes particuliers …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 56escape — e·sca·pe s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS inform. comando che provoca l uscita da un programma o annulla un precedente comando | il tasto con cui si immette tale comando {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1991. ETIMO: ingl. escape propr. uscire …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 57escape — {{hw}}{{escape}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv. (elab.) Tasto che provoca l uscita da un programma o annulla un comando dato precedentemente. ETIMOLOGIA: voce ingl., dal v. to escape ‘uscire’ …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 58Escape — Es|cape 〈[ıskɛıp] n.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.; EDV〉 Taste auf einer Computertastatur, die das schnelle Verlassen von Programmen od. den Abbruch eines begonnenen Rechenprozesses ermöglicht [Etym.: <engl. escape »fliehen, entkommen«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 59escape — [14] Originally, escape meant literally ‘take off one’s cloak’, and signified metaphorically ‘throw off restraint’ – much as we might say unbutton. The word appears to come ultimately from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, a hypothetical compound verb… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 60escape — verb 1》 break free from confinement or control.     ↘(of a gas, liquid, or heat) leak from a container. 2》 elude or get free from (someone).     ↘succeed in eluding (something dangerous or undesirable): the baby narrowly escaped death. 3》 fail to …

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