egress

[noun ee-gres; verb ih-gres]

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noun

the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.

a means or place of going out; an exit.

the right or permission to go out.

Astronomy. emersion(def 1).

verb (used without object)

to go out; emerge.

Origin of egress

1530–40; < Latin ēgressus going out, escape, equivalent to ēgred(ī) to go out (ē- e-¹ + -gredī, combining form of gradī to go, step; cf. grade) + -tus suffix of v. action

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Related Words for egress

vent, exodus, opening, emanation, departure, exit, outlet, escape, emergence, withdrawal, issue, exiting, doorway

Examples from the Web for egress

Historical Examples of egress

It had been broken off, and this means of egress was unavailable.
The Dare Boys of 1776
Stephen Angus Cox
The waters of the great deep have ingress and egress to the soul.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There were for a few days much hurry and bustle, both of egress and of ingress.
The Siege of Boston
Allen French
The serpent, not finding an egress in the cavern, might return the same way it had gone.
A Romance of the West Indies
Eugne Sue
But it soon became certain that there was no egress from this gullet.
The English at the North Pole
Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for egress

egress

noun (ˈiːɡrɛs)

Also called: egression the act of going or coming out; emergence

a way out, such as a path; exit

the right or permission to go out or depart

astronomy another name for emersion (def. 2)

verb (ɪˈɡrɛs) (intr)

to go forth; issue

Word Origin for egress

C16: from Latin ēgredī to come forth, depart, from gradī to move, step

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Word Origin and History for egress

1530s, from Latin egressus "a going out," noun use of past participle of egredi "go out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -gredi, comb. form of gradi "step, go" (see grade). Perhaps a back-formation from egression (early 15c.).