exit

¹

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

noun

1. a way or passage out:

   Please leave the theater by the nearest exit.

2. any of the marked ramps or spurs providing egress from a highway:

   Take the second exit after the bridge for the downtown shopping district.

3. a going out or away; departure:

   to make one's exit.

4. a departure of an actor from the stage as part of the action of a play.
5. Also called exit card. Bridge. a card that enables a player to relinquish the lead when having it is a disadvantage.

verb (used without object)

1. to go out; leave.
2. Bridge. to play an exit card.

verb (used with object)

1. to leave; depart from:

   Sign out before you exit the building.

exit

²

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

verb (used without object)

1. (a person) goes offstage (used as a stage direction, often preceding the name of the character):

   Exit Falstaff.

exit

¹

/ ˈɛɡzɪt; ˈɛksɪt /

noun

1. a way out; door or gate by which people may leave
2. the act or an instance of going out; departure
3. 1. the act of leaving or right to leave a particular place
   2. ( as modifier )

      an exit visa

4. departure from life; death
5. theatre the act of going offstage
6. (in Britain) a point at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway
7. bridge
   1. the act of losing the lead deliberately
   2. a card enabling one to do this

verb

1. to go away or out; depart; leave
2. theatre to go offstage: used as a stage direction

   exit Hamlet

3. bridge to lose the lead deliberately
4. sometimes tr computing to leave (a computer program or system)

Exit

²

/ ˈɛɡzɪt; ˈɛksɪt /

noun

1. (in Britain) a society that seeks to promote the legitimization of voluntary euthanasia

Word History and Origins

Origin of exit¹

First recorded in 1560–70; partly from Latin exitus “act of going out, departure,” noun derivative of exīre “to go out”; partly noun and verb use of exit ²

Origin of exit²

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin exit; literally, “(he/she) goes out,” 3rd-person singular present of exīre; exit ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of exit¹

C17: from Latin exitus a departure, from exīre to go out, from ex- ¹+ īre to go

Example Sentences

One would exit the car and engage the victim in conversation, on some occasions claiming to be affiliated with a church to win their trust, police said.

From Los Angeles Times

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From New York Times

Comcast is taking an exit ramp on cable programming by creating a new company, comprising nearly all of NBCUniversal’s current cable networks.

From Los Angeles Times

Her exit was followed quickly by those of sporting director Steve Nielsen and single-seater technical director Tim Goss last winter.

From BBC

But Edison Research, one of two respected US firms who carried out exit polls for opposition TV channels, said the commission's figure could not be explained "by normal variation".

From BBC

Related Words

• blow
• depart
• get off
• go out
• quit
• retire
• withdraw