exit.
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
Meaning & usage
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
He made his exit at the opportune time.
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
A way out. 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
He was looking for the exit and got lost.
A way out. 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.
The act of departing from life; death.
the untimely exit of a respected politician
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin exitusder. Middle English exit English exit 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.
To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave. To leave a scene or depart from a stage.
To depart from life; to die.
To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
To depart from or leave (a place or situation). To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
To give up the lead.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin exitusder. Middle English exit English exit 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.
Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
Where this word 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.
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