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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EGRESS

From Latin ēgredī to come forth, depart, from gradī to move, step.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EGRESS

egress  [ˈiːɡrɛs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EGRESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Egress is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb egress in English.

WHAT DOES EGRESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Egress

Egress may refer to: ▪ Egress, the right of a person to leave a property ▪ Egress, the passage of electromagnetic fields through the shield of a coaxial cable...

Definition of egress in the English dictionary

The first definition of egress in the dictionary is Also called: egression. the act of going or coming out; emergence. Other definition of egress is a way out, such as a path; exit. Egress is also the right or permission to go out or depart.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EGRESS

PRESENT

Present
I egress
you egress
he/she/it egresses
we egress
you egress
they egress
Present continuous
I am egressing
you are egressing
he/she/it is egressing
we are egressing
you are egressing
they are egressing
Present perfect
I have egressed
you have egressed
he/she/it has egressed
we have egressed
you have egressed
they have egressed
Present perfect continuous
I have been egressing
you have been egressing
he/she/it has been egressing
we have been egressing
you have been egressing
they have been egressing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I egressed
you egressed
he/she/it egressed
we egressed
you egressed
they egressed
Past continuous
I was egressing
you were egressing
he/she/it was egressing
we were egressing
you were egressing
they were egressing
Past perfect
I had egressed
you had egressed
he/she/it had egressed
we had egressed
you had egressed
they had egressed
Past perfect continuous
I had been egressing
you had been egressing
he/she/it had been egressing
we had been egressing
you had been egressing
they had been egressing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will egress
you will egress
he/she/it will egress
we will egress
you will egress
they will egress
Future continuous
I will be egressing
you will be egressing
he/she/it will be egressing
we will be egressing
you will be egressing
they will be egressing
Future perfect
I will have egressed
you will have egressed
he/she/it will have egressed
we will have egressed
you will have egressed
they will have egressed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been egressing
you will have been egressing
he/she/it will have been egressing
we will have been egressing
you will have been egressing
they will have been egressing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would egress
you would egress
he/she/it would egress
we would egress
you would egress
they would egress
Conditional continuous
I would be egressing
you would be egressing
he/she/it would be egressing
we would be egressing
you would be egressing
they would be egressing
Conditional perfect
I would have egress
you would have egress
he/she/it would have egress
we would have egress
you would have egress
they would have egress
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been egressing
you would have been egressing
he/she/it would have been egressing
we would have been egressing
you would have been egressing
they would have been egressing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you egress
we let´s egress
you egress
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to egress
Past participle
egressed
Present Participle
egressing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EGRESS


address
əˈdrɛs
aggress
əˈɡrɛs
compress
kəmˈprɛs
congress
ˈkɒŋɡrɛs
digress
daɪˈɡrɛs
distress
dɪˈstrɛs
dress
drɛs
express
ɪkˈsprɛs
Flores
ˈflɔːrɛs
impress
ɪmˈprɛs
ingress
ˈɪŋɡrɛs
interesse
ˈɪntərɛs
press
prɛs
progress
ˈprəʊɡrɛs
redigress
ˌriːdaɪˈɡrɛs
regress
rɪˈɡrɛs
retrogress
ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛs
stress
strɛs
suppress
səˈprɛs
transgress
trænzˈɡrɛs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EGRESS

egoless
Egoli
egomania
egomaniac
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egosurf
egotheism
egotism
egotist
egotistic
egotistical
egotistically
egotize
egregious
egregiously
egregiousness
egression
egret
egurgitate

WORDS THAT END LIKE EGRESS

A-line dress
act of congress
actress
African National Congress
at the press
cocktail dress
contact address
Continental Congress
in progress
Indian National Congress
IP address
Library of Congress
Member of Congress
Negress
ogress
onward progress
Pan-Africanist Congress
tigress
Trades Union Congress
work-in-progress

Synonyms and antonyms of egress in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EGRESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «egress» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of egress

Translation of «egress» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EGRESS

Find out the translation of egress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of egress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «egress» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

出口
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

egreso
570 millions of speakers

English

egress
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निकास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخروج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выход
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

egresso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহির্গমন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sortie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Egress
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Egress
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

出口
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

출구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tegese
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாலைகளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेर जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıkış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uscita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysiadanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вихід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ieșire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έξοδο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitgang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avstigning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

egress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of egress

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EGRESS»

The term «egress» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.093 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EGRESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «egress» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «egress» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about egress

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EGRESS»

Discover the use of egress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to egress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Egress Design Solutions: A Guide to Evacuation and Crowd ...
This book fills this gap by providing a comprehensive review of egress design and analysis, covering egress fundamentals and strategies, performance solutions, human behavior, evacuation modeling, evacuation planning, and crowd management.
Jeffrey Tubbs, Brian Meacham, 2007
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Don't Panic: The Psychology of Emergency Egress and Ingress
A comparative analysis of some of the worst exiting and entering disasters in U.S. history with cases of successful emergency escape.
Jerome M. Chertkoff, Russell H. Kushigian, 1999
3
Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the ...
1002 refers to Chapter 2, which defines “means of egress” as a continuous, unobstructed path of vertical and horizontal exit travel from any occupied portion of a building or structure to a public way. The means of egress for every occupancy in ...
Francis D. K. Ching, Steven R. Winkel, 2012
4
Building Systems for Interior Designers
Sometimes, fixeditems that take up space, such asinterior walls, columns, builtin counters, and shelving, are deducted fromthe number of square feetused in the calculations. The minimum total egress widths per flooris the sum ofthe number of  ...
Corky Binggeli, 2011
5
Contractor's Guide to the Building Code
CHAPTER. 16. Means. of. Egress. CHAPTER 1 7 Finish Materials and Installation Procedures This chapter. This chapter concerns something we rarely think about — exiting a building in an emergency situation. Having the right exit when and ...
Jack M. Hageman, 2008
6
Popular Mechanics
1>J. If. you're. consid-. ering a basement renovation as a way to expand your living space, don't be surprised if your building- codes office has something to say about it — especially if a new bedroom is part of your plan. Without an egress  ...
7
Detection of Encrypted Streams for Egress Monitoring
Leakage of confidential information from an organization's networks has become a big threat to its information security.
Paras Malhotra, 2007
8
Construction Safety Questions and Answers: A Practical Approach
Access. and. egress. to. site. What are the duties of the Site Agent in respect of safe means of access to site? Under Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974, an employer is responsible for ensuring that employees and others  ...
Pat Perry, 2003
9
Real Estate Law
the intention in granting an easement is to afford only a right of ingress and egress, it is the right of passage, and not any right in a physical passageway itself , that is granted to the easement holder. . . . As this Court observed more than a ...
James Karp, Elliot I. Klayman, Frank F. Gibson, 2003
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Fire and Life Safety Inspection Manual
Chapter 7, "Means of Egress," of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, 2000 edition, is the most important fundamental chapter of the code. The occupancy chapters draw heavily on its concepts and detailed criteria. A stand-alone chapter on ...
Robert E. Solomon, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EGRESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term egress is used in the context of the following news items.
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One Denver block yields $230K in parking tickets
"You clear the cars out; you have better egress for the emergency vehicles to come through," said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police Department ... «9NEWS.com, Jul 15»
2
'No wake' zone extended at river mouth
... we have boats taking on fuel, the no wake violation is a potential for environmental hazards as well as safe boater access and egress. «The Daily News of Newburyport, Jul 15»
3
Rotary Club welcomes new members, honors award winners
Kyle W. Egress of West Hartford, Vice President with The Perry Egress Group on South Main Street, was installed as president of the club's ... «West Hartford News, Jul 15»
4
Kearney canal invites public to float
... take three to six months — the canal will be publicly accessible from the entry at Yanney Heritage Park to the egress at Midway, Rowh said. «North Platte Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Is It Getting Easier or More Difficult to Fly a Fighter Jet?
The modern air battle space is rife with other aircraft, designated missile engagement zones, ingress and egress routes, electronic warfare axes ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
S.D. Fire Marshall has Comic-Con cosplayers covered
We'll need to check all egress and exit doors so they can get out in case of emergency," said Deputy Fire Marshall Jaime Velasquez. He said ... «KUSI, Jul 15»
7
New Toyota Sienta Shows the Sporty Side of Minivans
These changes allow for outstanding ease of ingress and egress. In addition, stadium seating for rear seats increases seat height the further ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
8
Critic: New Hudson Tunnels Must Lead to Better Penn Station
Good luck even finding egress when there isn't a fire. By Patton78. 07/09/15 08:30 AM. I read the article and he proposes moving MSG to the ... «Curbed NY, Jul 15»
9
Prevent wildfire from destroying a home
Provide ample turnaround and overhead space for the ingress and egress of large firefighting equipment. Take the time to protect a home. «Daily Herald, Jul 15»
10
Municipality to review on-street parking rules
Concerns addressed by the review also include access/egress, emergency vehicle access and parking bans or restrictions. Any bylaw ... «Fort McMurray Today, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Egress [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/egress>. May 2024 ».
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