exit

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

/ ˈɛg zɪt, ˈɛk sɪt /

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noun

a way or passage out: Please leave the theater by the nearest exit.

any of the marked ramps or spurs providing egress from a highway: Take the second exit after the bridge for the downtown shopping district.

a going out or away; departure: to make one's exit.

a departure of an actor from the stage as part of the action of a play.

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)

to go out; leave.

Bridge. to play an exit card.

verb (used with object)

to leave; depart from: Sign out before you exit the building.

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Origin of exit

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 exit²

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH exit

excited, exited

Other definitions for exit (2 of 2)

exit²

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

/ ˈɛg zɪt, ˈɛk sɪt /

verb (used without object)

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

Origin of exit

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin exit; literally, “(he/she) goes out,” 3rd singular present of exīre;see exit¹

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How to use exit in a sentence

Kunene made a U-turn where the road dead-ends and then drove back toward police and the neighborhood exit — hitting his sister a second time.
Man shoots at officers, runs over woman with stolen cruiser in Lanham, police say|Katie Mettler, Dana Hedgpeth|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
Decision Desk HQ, Vox’s partner, calls these “insta-calls,” and relies on a house-made forecasting model to make them rather than exit polls or a VoteCast-style poll.
How the press calls elections, explained|Kay Steiger|November 6, 2020|Vox
Earlier this year, we decided to test exit modals on our website.
Four ways to test your marketing ideas instead of trusting blogs|Sarah Fruy|November 4, 2020|Search Engine Watch
A pandemic and the increase in mail-in voting have made exit polls even less reliable this year.
Be Wary Of Exit Polls This Year (Well, And All Years)|Galen Druke|November 3, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

What this boils down to is that, this year, there’s no reason to believe that exit polls will be any more accurate than traditional pre-election polls.
Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year|Laura Bronner (laura.bronner@abc.com)|November 2, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
After a few moments, four officers exited the vehicle, causing the man to turn and walk away quickly.
Arabs Are the Michael Browns of Israel|Dean Obeidallah|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After she put up a fight, she claims that Cosby left two $100 bills on her coffee table and exited her apartment.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a mess, and when Ball exited as showrunner following the abysmal fifth season, it got even worse.
'True Blood' Ends With a Whimper: The Sexy HBO Vampire Series Is (Finally) Over|Marlow Stern|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By the time he exited the stage, he had become another viral sensation—this time for his hat.
How Pharrell Williams Finally Made It to the Top|Justin Jones|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The shot took off his chin and mouth and nose, missing his eyes and brain as it exited just above his high cheekbones.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Larrys share ended there, and Larry himself exited from the scene of his first command quite inconspicuously on a stretcher.
Grapes of wrath|Boyd Cable
As it left the body, it would still have a great deal of force behind it and would blow up a large segment of tissue as it exited.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Wouldn't that same question arise if it went through the volar aspect and exited through the dorsal aspect?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I broke off, made the necessary adjustments, strapped the minicomm on my wrist, and exited the shuttler.
Attrition|Jim Wannamaker
Sitting on hands has never been my delight, so I exited the shuttler and went down the hill for another look-see.
Attrition|Jim Wannamaker

British Dictionary definitions for exit (1 of 2)

exit

/ (ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt) /

noun

a way out; door or gate by which people may leave

the act or an instance of going out; departure

the act of leaving or right to leave a particular place
(as modifier)an exit visa

departure from life; death

theatre the act of going offstage

(in Britain) a point at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway

bridge

the act of losing the lead deliberately
a card enabling one to do this

verb (intr)

to go away or out; depart; leave

theatre to go offstage: used as a stage directionexit Hamlet

bridge to lose the lead deliberately

(sometimes tr) computing to leave (a computer program or system)

Word Origin for exit

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

British Dictionary definitions for exit (2 of 2)

Exit

/ (ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt) /

noun

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

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