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Egress Common

Egress has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse

"Astronomers celebrated as Mars made its egress from behind the darkened moon, signaling the end of the lunar eclipse."

2

the becoming visible

"not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"

3

the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

"The egress of the hidden treasure into plain sight surprised everyone in the room."

4

An exit or way out.

"The new fire code requires every building to have at least two separate egress points for safety."

Verb
1

come out of

"Water issued from the hole in the wall"

"The words seemed to come out by themselves"

2

To exit or leave; to go or come out.

"After the fire alarm sounded, everyone rushed toward the nearest egress to escape the building safely."

Example Sentences
"not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" noun
"Water issued from the hole in the wall" verb
"The words seemed to come out by themselves" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
immersion ingress
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
reappearance beginning act
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
eruption dissilience surfacing emission pop out radiate leak escape fall debouch come out
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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