exit

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

/ ˈɛg zɪt, ˈɛk sɪt /

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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to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.

to cause to be empty or unoccupied.

to assent tacitly; agree; consent.

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Origin of exit

1580–90; partly <Latin exitus act or means of going out, equivalent to exi-, variant stem of exīre to go out (ex-ex-¹ + īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action; partly noun, v. use of exit²

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH exit

excited, exited .

Definition for exit (2 of 2)

exit²

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

/ ˈɛg zɪt, ˈɛk sɪt /

verb (used without object)

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

Origin of exit

1530–40; <Latin ex(i)it literally, (he) goes out, 3rd singular present of exīre;see exit¹

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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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