Egress

Quick meaning: Egress is a noun meaning An exit or way out.

Meaning

An exit or way out.

More Meanings

1. The process of exiting or leaving.
2. (astronomy) The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one.
3. (intransitive) To exit or leave; to go or come out.

Example Sentences

The window provides an egress in the event of an emergency.

Gates of burning adamant, / Barred over us, prohibit all egress.

Now the crumpled structure lies across the Patapsco River outlet, blocking egress from the point like a kicked-over toy.

We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.

Word Forms

• egresses
• egressing
• egressed

Synonyms for egress

Depending on context, synonyms include depart, exit, go out, leave, departure, issue.

Antonyms for egress

Common opposites include enter, ingress, entrance, entering.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include egression, emergence, issue, emersion, outbound, exit.

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