exit
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1 a way out (n.) A2 Elementarya door, gate, or road that you use to leave a place.
a point of egress from an enclosed space, building, or vehicle.
ExampleThe emergency exit is located at the back of the cinema.
ExampleThe fire marshal insisted that every emergency exit remain unobstructed and clearly illuminated throughout the duration of the performance.
- way out
- door
- egress
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2 leaving a place (n.) B1 Intermediatethe act of leaving a place or a situation.
the act of departing from a location, position, or social situation.
ExampleThe actor made a quick exit after his final line in the play.
ExampleHer sudden exit from the meeting left the rest of the board members in a state of confused silence.
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3 to leave a place (v.) A2 Elementaryto go out of a building, room, or vehicle.
to depart from a physical space; often used as an intransitive verb.
ExamplePlease wait for the train to stop completely before you exit.
ExampleThe passengers were instructed to exit the aircraft via the inflatable slides during the emergency drill.
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4 to close a program (v.) B1 Intermediate Computingto stop using a computer program or app.
to terminate a software application or subroutine.
ExampleMake sure you save your work before you exit the program.
ExampleThe system crashed because the user attempted to exit the application while a large background process was still synchronising with the server.
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5 theatre direction (v.) B2 Upper Intermediate Formal Literary Theatrea word used in a play script to tell an actor to leave the stage.
a stage direction indicating that a character leaves the scene.
ExampleThe script says 'Exit Hamlet' at the end of the scene.
ExampleThe stage manager noted that the protagonist should exit stage left to maintain the continuity of the following sequence.
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.
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.
- Nounexit
- Adjectiveexiting