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{ "term": "escape", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "escape", "heSheIt": "escapes" }, "pastSimple": "escaped", "pastParticiple": "escaped", "ingForm": "escaping" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to get away from a place where you have been kept as a prisoner or not allowed to leave", "sensetop": "escape from somebody/somethingescape somebody/something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Two prisoners have escaped." }, { "text": "They were caught **trying to escape**." }, { "text": "He escaped from prison this morning.", "contextForm": "escape from somebody/something" }, { "text": "She attempted to escape from the pirates holding her hostage." }, { "text": "She **managed to escape** her captors.", "contextForm": "escape somebody/something" }, { "text": "He escaped prison with two other inmates." }, { "text": "Apparently, they had escaped somehow and gotten home." }, { "text": "He got hurt while struggling to escape." }, { "text": "It was stupid of Lee to let them escape." }, { "text": "It was easy to escape in the confusion of the besieged city." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["barely", "just", "narrowly"], "verb + escape": ["cannot", "be impossible to", "be easy to"], "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"], "phrases": [ "escape alive", "escape somebody’s clutches", "escape from it all" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to get away from or avoid something unpleasant or dangerous", "sensetop": "escape from somethingescape into/to somethingescape with something+ adj.escape somethingescape doing something", "labels": "(figurative)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Although he had no idea what life there would be like, he had to take the chance to escape." }, { "text": "She **managed to escape** from the burning car.", "contextForm": "escape from something" }, { "text": "As a child he would often escape into a dream world of his own.", "contextForm": "escape into/to something" }, { "text": "We were able to escape to the countryside during the summer months." }, { "text": "I escaped with only minor injuries.", "contextForm": "escape with something" }, { "text": "Both drivers **escaped unhurt**.", "contextForm": "+ adj." }, { "text": "to escape unharmed/uninjured/unscathed" }, { "text": "She was lucky to escape punishment.", "contextForm": "escape something" }, { "text": "They were glad to have **escaped the clutches** of winter for another year." }, { "text": "The pilot **escaped death** by seconds." }, { "text": "**There was no escaping** the fact that he was overweight." }, { "text": "They **narrowly escaped** being killed.", "contextForm": "escape doing something" }, { "text": "I need to escape. I want to go away from here." }, { "text": "The survivors barely escape in whatever ships they can find." }, { "text": "pilots who successfully escaped while their aircraft was being shot down" }, { "text": "Thieves escaped with property worth over $5 000." }, { "text": "We would always go there to escape from it all." }, { "text": "She eventually escaped to the US." }, { "text": "They escaped into the forest." }, { "text": "She only just escaped with her life." }, { "text": "The driver escaped without injury." }, { "text": "Tony may never escape his emotional struggle." }, { "text": "a lonely man who wants to escape his lifestyle" }, { "text": "He had managed to escape the clutches of the police yet again." }, { "text": "Scotland seems to have escaped the worst of the recession." }, { "text": "She managed to escape the fate of the other rebels." }, { "text": "The city largely escaped bombing in the campaign." }, { "text": "So far the robbers have escaped justice." }, { "text": "He fled the country to escape the king's wrath." }, { "text": "The head of department cannot entirely escape responsibility for this situation." }, { "text": "The police will not escape criticism in this affair." }, { "text": "No one can escape their destiny." } ], "topics": ["Danger"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["barely", "just", "narrowly"], "verb + escape": ["cannot", "be impossible to", "be easy to"], "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"], "phrases": [ "escape alive", "escape somebody’s clutches", "escape from it all" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to be forgotten or not noticed", "sensetop": "escape somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "Her name escapes me *(= I can't remember it)*." }, { "text": "It might have **escaped your notice**, but I'm very busy at the moment." }, { "text": "errors that had escaped my notice" }, { "text": "They're so small they can easily escape notice." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["barely", "just", "narrowly"], "verb + escape": ["cannot", "be impossible to", "be easy to"], "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"], "phrases": [ "escape alive", "escape somebody’s clutches", "escape from it all" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to get out of a container, especially through a hole", "sensetop": "escape into something", "examples": [ { "text": "Put a lid on to prevent heat escaping." }, { "text": "toxic waste escaping into the sea", "contextForm": "escape into something" }, { "text": "The container is sealed so the gas has no means of escaping into the air." }, { "text": "As he twisted the pipe a trickle of water escaped." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to come out from your mouth without you intending it to", "sensetop": "escape (something)", "examples": [ { "text": "A groan escaped her lips." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪp/", "audio": "es/escape/escape__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪps/", "audio": "es/escape/escapes__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪpt/", "audio": "es/escape/escaped__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪpɪŋ/", "audio": "es/escape/escaping__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪp/", "audio": "es/escape/escape__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪps/", "audio": "es/escape/escapes__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪpt/", "audio": "es/escape/escaped__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈskeɪpɪŋ/", "audio": "es/escape/escaping__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French eschaper, based on medieval Latin ex- ‘out’ + cappa ‘cloak’. Compare with escapade." }