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- Dictionaryegress/ˈiːɡrɛs/
noun
- 1. the action of going out of or leaving a place: formal "direct means of access and egress for passengers" Similar Opposite
- 2. another term for emersion
verb
- 1. go out of or leave (a place): US "they'd egress the area by heading south-west"
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The meaning of EGRESS is a place or means of going out : exit. How to use egress in a sentence. a place or means of going out : exit; the action or right of going or coming out…
the act or way of leaving a place: The main egress from the restaurant had been blocked off. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Departing. abandon ship. abandonment. absquatulate. backward. move. p.o.q. peel away/off. piss off. pull out. pull something off. push along. sea. track. vacate. vamoose. walk off (somewhere) walk out.
the act or way of leaving a place: The main egress from the restaurant had been blocked off. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Departing. abandon ship. abandonment. absquatulate. backward. move. p.o.q. peel away/off. piss off. pull out. pull something off. push along. sea. track. vacate. vamoose. walk off (somewhere) walk out.
If you want to leave a place, you need a means of egress, or a way to exit, such as a door or window. It was a beautiful old house, but without enough ways of egress, they needed outdoor fire-stairs for reaching the upper floors.
Egress definition: the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.. See examples of EGRESS used in a sentence.
1. Also called: egression. the act of going or coming out; emergence. 2. a way out, such as a path; exit. 3. the right or permission to go out or depart. 4. astronomy another name for emersion (sense 2) verb (ɪˈɡrɛs ) (intransitive) 5. to go forth; issue. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
1. The act of coming or going out; emergence. 2. The right to leave or go out: denied the refugees egress. 3. A path or opening for going out; an exit. 4. Astronomy The emergence of a celestial body from eclipse or occultation. intr.v. e·gressed, e·gress·ing, e·gress·es. To go out; emerge.
