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

On Sunday, I asked Dodgers manager Dave Roberts whether Kershaw was here only in case a starter exited in a hurry or a game went into extra innings.

From Los Angeles Times

He was smuggled out a back exit at the Falkirk Stadium with a police escort.

From BBC

Angry Rangers fans tried to prevent the team bus leaving the Falkirk Stadium following the 1-1 draw on Sunday, with a large police presence required to allow players and staff to exit.

From BBC

Norris slid into Piastri on the exit of the third corner at Marina Bay after a bump with Max Verstappen's Red Bull ahead of him slid his car sideways.

From BBC

The individual exit of Sarah Atherton, who was briefly a defence minister when the Tories were in power, is not the point.

From BBC

Related Words

• demise 
• departure 
• evacuation 
• exodus 
• farewell 
• retirement 
• retreat 
• withdrawal