Oxford Dictionary English egress noun noun BrE BrE//ˈiːɡres// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈiːɡres// [uncountable] (formal) Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsthe act of leaving a place doorways intended for egress only compare access, ingress Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin egressus ‘gone out’, from the verb egredi, from ex- ‘out’ + gradi ‘to step’.See egress in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: egress oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
