EGRESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does egress mean?
• EGRESS (noun)
The noun EGRESS has 3 senses:
1. (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
2. the becoming visible
3. the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
Familiarity information: EGRESS used as a noun is uncommon.
• EGRESS (verb)
The verb EGRESS has 1 sense:
1. come out of
Familiarity information: EGRESS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EGRESS (noun)
Meaning:
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
emersion; egress
Hypernyms ("egress" is a kind of...):
reappearance (the event of something appearing again)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Holonyms ("egress" is a part of...):
eclipse; occultation (one celestial body obscures another)
Antonym:
ingress ((astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse)
Meaning:
The becoming visible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
egress; emergence; issue
Context example:
not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
Hypernyms ("egress" is a kind of...):
beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "egress"):
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)
Meaning:
The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
egression; egress; emergence
Hypernyms ("egress" is a kind of...):
deed; effort; exploit; feat (a notable achievement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "egress"):
surfacing (emerging to the surface and becoming apparent)
emanation; emission (the act of emitting; causing to flow forth)
• EGRESS (verb)
Meaning:
Come out of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
come forth; egress; come out; emerge; go forth; issue
Context examples:
Water issued from the hole in the wall / The words seemed to come out by themselves
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "egress"):
debouch (pass out or emerge; especially of rivers)
fall (come out; issue)
escape (issue or leak, as from a small opening)
leak (enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure)
radiate (issue or emerge in rays or waves)
pop out (come out suddenly or forcefully)
come out; fall out (come off)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
