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e·gress
(ē′grĕs′)n.
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.
[Latin ēgressus, from past participle of ēgredī, to go out : ē-, ex-, ex- + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]
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egress
n
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) astronomy another name for emersion2
vb (intr)
to go forth; issue
[C16: from Latin ēgredī to come forth, depart, from gradī to move, step]
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e•gress
(n. ˈi grɛs; v. ɪˈgrɛs)n.
1. the act of going out or leaving.
2. the right to go out.
3. a means or place of going out; exit.
4. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, transit, etc.
v.i. 5. to go out; emerge.
[1530–40; < Latin ēgressus going out, escape; compare grade]
e•gres′sion, n.
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egress
Past participle: egressed
Gerund: egressing
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| Noun | 1. | egress - (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole reappearance - the event of something appearing again; "the reappearance of Halley's comet" eclipse, occultation - one celestial body obscures another |
| 2. | egress - the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" eruption - the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum dissilience - the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe | |
| 3. | egress - the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent surfacing - emerging to the surface and becoming apparent | |
| Verb | 1. | egress - come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" pop out - come out suddenly or forcefully; "you stick a bill in the vending machine and the change pops out" radiate - issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box" leak - enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" escape - issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom" fall - come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" debouch - pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river" |
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egress
nounThe act of leaving:
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