An ASCII control or metacharacter (#27, ^]) with its own key on most keyboards, intended originally to signify escape (v) (sense 1). While it has been put to a number of different uses over the decades, it is still often used to pause or terminate a program or process. Frequently called Meta in some programs, notably emacs, where it is a common command prefix.

To pause a running program and return control temporarily to the operating system, usually in order to run some other program. In Unix, the exclamation point (ASCII #33, !, pronounced "bang") is an escape character that can be used in most programs to accomplish this. To cancel the default ( meta-)interpretation of the following character in a string and interpret it literally instead. Thus, while the unescaped (meta)expression " ." matches any character, the regular expression "\." matches a literal period or full stop character only, because it is escaped by the preceding "\".

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 ( 2004-02-04) Entity and character references MAY both be used to escape the left angle bracket, ampersand, and other delimiters. A set of general entities (amp, lt, gt, apos, quot) is specified for this purpose. Numeric character references MAY also be used; they are expanded immediately when recognized and MUST be treated as character data, so the numeric character references and &MAY be used to escape and & when they occur in character data.

Various programs and windows can be closed by one of these: Enter, Escape, q, Alt+q, Alt+F4, Control+q The + means you hold the first while tapping the second. The comma isn't part of the command. ALPHABET

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.

To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

A plant which has escaped from cultivation.

Referring to plants that have been cultivated in an area, and spread from there into the wild. | Return to Alphabet Bar | amily A group of plants having biologically similar features, such as flower anatomy, fruit type, etc.

A plant that is on its way to becoming naturalized in an area. Just exactly as it reads, it has escaped from cultivation.

A plant originally cultivated, now found wild. ( BCFT).

Any human action such as sexual release, bacchanalian abandon or spiritual or psychological liberation that gives the human being temporary relief from the Pose/Poise cycle.

A release from various types of restraining devices including ropes, chains, straitjackets, packing cases, and jail cells. Harry Houdini is the best-known specialist in presenting escapes. (Book 5)

Journey's seventh album, Escape, was released in August of 1981.

Escape is an Enrique Iglesias album recorded in English in 2001.

To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.

run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

To break loose from confinement; get free

A means of exit in an emergency Nooduitgang

In most games you can skip past or jump through the opening credits and videos and certain dialogues within the game (if you have seen them before) by hitting the Escape Key or Spacebar on your keyboard. Your game's manual will tell you if this is possible. Back to the Index of Terms

This is an Internet conundrum. On the Internet, escape is represented as C ] or ^] or sometimes C ] q . A X and C @ are other common forms. Although described as the "Internet escape key," it is usually a combination of keystrokes. It is not the E key on the MS-DOS machines and can vary from keyboard to keyboard and would be a separate key on Macintosh. It is commonly used to terminate a session with a remote machine, butdetermining the exact form as a function of keyboard can vary. HYTELNET provides a guide for various systems and keyboards.

To exit from previewing a Project by pressing the Escape key.

When an athlete works to come out from the bottom position (after being under dominant control) and gets to his feet, facing his rival, he has scored an escape, worth one point.

the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"

If an athlete gets out from being under control in the bottom position and gets to his feet, facing his rival, it is an escape, which scores one point.

an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"

nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

Getting away from it all is very appealing; you can imagine adventures you cannot have; the idea of escape is pleasurable.

Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7 1947 to September 25 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although Richfield Oil signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950.

"Escape" is MISIA's 6th single. It was released on her birthday, July 7, 2000. It peaked at #7 selling 81,130 copies on its first week.