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exit

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate Oxford US //ˈɛɡzɪt// UK //ˈɛɡzɪt// ex·it General-service Humorous

n. a way out of a building, room, or vehicle. You can also use it to describe leaving a place or a situation.

n. a passage or door through which one leaves a space; the act of departing from a location or situation.


SIMPLE

The emergency exit is at the back of the room.

CONTEXTUAL

The driver missed the highway exit and had to drive five miles to the next one.

COMPLEX

The actor made a dramatic exit from the stage, leaving the audience in stunned silence as the lights dimmed for the final intermission.

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Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Usage

Commonly used with the verbs 'make' or 'take'.

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