{
    "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."
}