What part of speech is escape?

"Escape" can be several parts of speech depending on how it's used in a sentence:

* Verb: "The prisoner escaped from his cell." (action word)

* Noun: "Their escape was daring and successful." (person, place, or thing)

* Adjective: "He took the escape route." (describes a noun)

Let me know if you have a specific sentence in mind, and I can tell you the part of speech for "escape" in that context.