egress
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noun \ˈē-ˌgres\Definition of EGRESS
1
: the action or right of going or coming out
2
: a place or means of going out : exit
See Examples of EGRESS
- The auditorium is designed to provide easy egress in an emergency.
- <the only egress from the nightclub was a dark, narrow stairway to the street below>
- One comprehends how undisturbed he was, and how safe from any danger of interruption, when it is stated that he even carried off a unicorn's horn—a mere curiosity—which would not pass through the egress entire, but had to be sawn in two—a bit of work which cost him hours of tedious labor. —Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad , 1880
- When she had laid the supper-cloth, the bridge was lowered to give her means of egress, and she withdrew for the night. —Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, 1861
- The system lets you lower the truck to ease ingress and egress, and raise it for added ground clearance. —Scott Oldham, Popular Mechanics, August 1998
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Origin of EGRESS
Latin egressus, from egredi to go out, from e- + gradi to go — more at grade
First Known Use: 1538
Rhymes with EGRESS
abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, success, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress
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