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Word: escape (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A key on most modern computer keyboards, sometimes abbreviated Esc, and typically programmed to cancel some current operation.
  • snooker A successful shot from a snooker position.
  • programming The ASCII character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal.)
  • The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

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Verb:

  • computing to halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the Esc key) or combination of keys
  • intransitive To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
  • intransitive To get free, to free oneself.
  • computing To cause (a single character) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
  • transitive To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
  • transitive To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.

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