EGRESS

egress, egression, emergence

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

emergence, egress, issue

(noun) the becoming visible; “not a day’s difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins”

egress, emersion

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

issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress

(verb) come out of; “Water issued from the hole in the wall”; “The words seemed to come out by themselves”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

egress (countable and uncountable, plural egresses)

An exit or way out.

The process of exiting or leaving.

(astronomy) The end of the apparent transit of a small astronomical body over the disk of a larger one.

Synonyms

• (exit): exit, way out, outgang

• (process of exiting): departure, exit, exiting, leaving

Antonyms

• (exit): entrance, ingress, way in

• (process of exiting): entering, entrance

Coordinate terms

• (permission): ingress, egress, regress

Etymology 2

Verb

egress (third-person singular simple present egresses, present participle egressing, simple past and past participle egressed)

(intransitive) To exit or leave; to go or come out.

Synonyms

• (exit): come out, depart, exit, go out, leave

Antonyms

• (exit): come in, enter, go in

Anagrams

• Segers, serges

Source: Wiktionary

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E"gress, n. Etym: [L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.]

1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.

E*gress", v. i.

Definition: To go out; to depart; to leave.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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