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exit¹
- /ˈɛksɪt/ UK
- /ˈɛɡzɪt/ UK
- /ˈeɪɡzɪt/ Canada, Northwestern, US
- /ˈɛɡzət/ US
- /ˈɛksət/ US
- /ɛɡzɪʈ/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ɛksɪt, -ɛɡzɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English exit, from Latin exitus (“departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”), from exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Exeō is derived from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + eō (“to go”) (ultimately from ). The English word is cognate with Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, Spanish éxito. Doublet of ejido and exitus.
The verb is derived from the noun.
noun exits
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An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
He made his exit at the opportune time.
Similar: egress, outgoing · Opposite: entrance, entry, ingoing, ingress
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The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, meerely Players; / They haue their Exits and their Entrances, / And one man in his time playes many parts, / His Acts being ſeuen ages.
Similar: egress, outgoing · Opposite: entrance, entry, ingoing, ingress
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An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.
emergency exit fire exit
Similar: outgang, outway · Opposite: entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, ingang, ingress, portal
- A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway). There are no services at the next exit.
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The act of departing from life; death.
the untimely exit of a respected politician
Similar: death, end, tomb, celestial transfer, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, demise, dirt nap, doom, exit
verb exits · exiting · exited
- To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave. Come, good Remus, our men await us. Let the lion roar and roam to-day; he may be of service; to-morrow, perchance we'll chain him. [Exit Stephano right fourth entrance. Soft music. Remus, exiting, looks hard at Romulus. Exit Remus right fourth entrance.]
- To leave a scene or depart from a stage. Desdemona exits stage left.
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To depart from life; to die.
Similar: assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, buy the farm
- To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.) Common Lisp provides a facility for exiting from a complex process in a non-local, dynamically scoped manner.
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To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
At approximately 10:35 a.m. said John Doe exited 110 East 36th Street without the brown paper bag. [...] On four occasions, said John Doe was observed exiting 110 East 36th Street and observed on two occasions entering apartment actually marked 71, but meaning apartment 710 on seventh floor of 150 E
Opposite: enter
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To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
When Walsh exited the "Q" train, he walked three blocks underground on the concourse which took him into the World Trade Center, the twin towers which highlight the skyline of lower Manhattan.
Opposite: enter
- To give up the lead. West now plays a low club to the J and Q. North exits in a trump.
exit²
- /ˈɛksɪt/ UK
- /ˈɛɡzɪt/ UK
- /ˈeɪɡzɪt/ Canada, Northwestern, US
- /ˈɛɡzət/ US
- /ˈɛksət/ US
- /ɛɡzɪʈ/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ɛksɪt, -ɛɡzɪt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin exit, the third-person singular present active indicative of exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”); see further at etymology 1 above.
verb
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Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
I take no monie, but good vvordes, raile not if I tell true, if I doe not reuenge. Farevvell. Exit Bom[bie].
Similar: exeat
EXIT³
Where it comes from
Chosen for relation to exit.
noun
- Acronym of ex utero intrapartum treatment, a specialized surgical procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: departure, go out, get out, leave, release, expiration, expire, pass away, die, decease, way out, loss, perish, passing, issue, going
Translations
Every language
noun action of going out or going away, or leaving — see also departure
| Español | salida, partida |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 離開 /离开 líkāi, 退場 /退场 tuìchǎng |
| हिन्दी | प्रस्थान prasthān, निकासी nikāsī |
| Português | saída |
| Français | sortie |
| Deutsch | Abtritt, Abwanderung, Austritt, Ausstieg |
| Italiano | uscita |
| Ελληνικά | έξοδος éxodos |
| Русский | вы́ход výxod |
| العربية | خُرُوج ḵurūj |
| עברית | יְצִיאָה yetsi'á |
noun way out
| Español | salida, exida, salidero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 출구 chulgu, 나가는 곳 naganeun got |
| 日本語 | 出口 deguchi |
| 中文 | 出口 chūkǒu |
| हिन्दी | निकासी nikāsī, निर्गम nirgam |
| Português | saída |
| Français | sortie, issue |
| Deutsch | Ausweg, Ausfahrt, Ausgang |
| Italiano | uscita |
| Ελληνικά | έξοδος éxodos |
| Română | ieșire |
| Русский | вы́ход výxod, вы́езд výjezd |
| Tiếng Việt | lối ra |
| العربية | مَخْرَج maḵraj |
| עברית | יְצִיאָה yetsi'á |
noun passage or opening through which one can go from inside a place to the outside
| Español | salida |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 出口 deguchi |
| 中文 | 出口 chūkǒu |
| हिन्दी | निकास nikās, निर्गम nirgam |
| Português | saída |
| Français | sortie |
| Deutsch | Ausgang |
| Italiano | uscita |
| Română | ieșire |
| Русский | вы́ход výxod |
| עברית | יְצִיאָה yetsi'á |
noun minor road used to leave a major road
| 中文 | 出口 chūkǒu |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | निकास nikās |
| Français | sortie |
| Deutsch | Ausfahrt |
| Italiano | uscita |
| Русский | вы́езд výjezd |
| עברית | יְרִידָה yeridá, יְצִיאָה yetsi'á |
verb to go out or go away from a place or situation — see also depart, leave, egress
| Español | partir, salir, exir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 나오다 naoda, 나가다 nagada |
| 日本語 | 出かける dekakeru, 出る deru |
| 中文 | 出門 /出门 chūmén, 出去 chūqù, 離開 /离开 líkāi, 走 zǒu |
| हिन्दी | प्रस्थान prasthān, निकलना nikalnā |
| Português | deixar, sair |
| Français | sortir |
| Deutsch | abgehen, ausgehen, aussteigen, hinausgehen, verschwinden |
| Italiano | uscire |
| Ελληνικά | βγαίνω vgaíno, φεύγω févgo |
| Română | ieși |
| Русский | выходи́ть vyxodítʹ, вы́йти výjti |
| العربية | خَرَجَ ḵaraja |
| עברית | יצא yatsá |
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title = {exit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-05}
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