Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense exits, present participle exiting, past tense, past participle exited
1. countable noun
The exit is the door through which you can leave a public building.
He picked up the case and walked towards the exit.
There's a fire exit by the downstairs ladies room.
2. countable noun
An exit on a motorway or highway is a place where traffic can leave it.
Take the A422 exit at Old Stratford.
3. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN]
If you refer to someone's exit, you are referring to the way that they left a room or building, or the fact that they left it.
[formal]
I made a hasty exit and managed to open the gate.
4. countable noun
If you refer to someone's exit, you are referring to the way that they left a situation or activity, or the fact that they left it.
[formal]
...after England's exit from the European Championship. [+ from]
They suggested that she make a dignified exit in the interest of the party.
5. verb
If you exit from a room or building, you leave it.
[formal]
She exits into the tropical storm. [VERB]
As I exited the final display, I entered a hexagonal room. [VERB noun]
She walked into the front door of a store and exited from the rear. [VERB + from]
6. verb
If you exit a computer program or system, you stop running it.
[computing]
I can open other applications without having to exit WordPerfect. [VERB noun]
Exit is also a noun.
Press Exit to return to your document.
More Synonyms of exit
exit in British English
(ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt)
noun
1.
a way out; door or gate by which people may leave
2.
the act or an instance of going out; departure
3.
a.
the act of leaving or right to leave a particular place
b.
(as modifier)
an exit visa
4.
departure from life; death
5. theatre
the act of going offstage
6.
(in Britain) a point at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway
7. bridge
a.
the act of losing the lead deliberately
b.
a card enabling one to do this
verb(intransitive)
8.
to go away or out; depart; leave
9. theatre
to go offstage: used as a stage direction
exit Hamlet
10. bridge
to lose the lead deliberately
11. (sometimes tr) computing
to leave (a computer program or system)
Word origin
C17: from Latin exitus a departure, from exīre to go out, from ex-1 + īre to go
Exit in British English
(ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt)
noun
(in Britain) a society that seeks to promote the legitimization of voluntary euthanasia
exit in American English
(ˈɛksɪt; ˈɛgzɪt)
noun
1.
an actor's departure from the stage
2.
a going out; departure
3.
a way out; doorway or passage leading out
4.
he (or she) leaves the stage
a direction in a play script
5. US
a ramp or road leading from an expressway
verb intransitive
6.
to leave; depart
verb transitive
7.
to leave (a building, road, vehicle, etc.)
she will exit the plane at Atlanta
8. Computing
to finish using and close (a program)
Word origin
L exitus, orig. pp. of exire, to go out < ex-, out + ire, to go < IE base *ei- > year, Sans ḗmi, Goth iddja (I went); (sense 4) L, 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of exire
COBUILD Collocations
exit
quick exit
Examples of 'exit' in a sentence
exit
Bitter because he was shown the exit door when he least expected it.
The Sun (2017)
We had a bag packed by the front door for sudden exits and my son was getting nervous.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The driver had been trying to exit the A4 motorway near Verona when the vehicle veered off the road and slammed into a bridge support.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I removed the doors so I can now see where each exit leads.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You again make your choice before exiting the building down a long spiralling tube.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So the case for exit is clear.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Time to exit life in the comfort zone.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Its exit could lead the company in a dramatic new direction.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The firm will also pay exit fees from previous suppliers.
The Sun (2016)
This will leave you a third heart exit card.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But beauty turns out to be the stumbling block on my way to the exit.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He stumbled into the open exit hole and fired a warning shot into the air.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Instinct tells me to vault up the steep incline to the starboard rear emergency exit.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
The company has recently exited building and construction.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They certainly did not deserve to exit life in this way.
The Sun (2010)
His departure is expected to lead to the exit of more executives.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
An exit interview also can determine why an employee is leaving.
Christianity Today (2000)
One of the most challenging parts of writing an essay is finding a graceful way to exit the stage.
Porush, David A Short Guide to Writing About Science (1995)
Their exit will leave a hole.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then the emergency exits were opened.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Of course then cars couldn't get through to enter and exit the motorway.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He approached the motorway exit to the airport but pretended he hadn't seen it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You have to walk across from one rear exit to the other about 200 times.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I went from exit to exit asking to leave.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But City are in no rush to push him out of the exit door due to the number of defensive injuries they have had this season.
The Sun (2014)
But he said: 'I hardly played last year so the only door still open might be the exit door.
The Sun (2013)
And they inspire solemn thoughts about our place in the world and (in my case ) our exit from it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
exit
British English: exit /ˈɛɡzɪt; ˈɛksɪt/ NOUN
An exit is a doorway through which you can leave a public building.
He walked towards the exit.
American English: exit
Arabic: مَخْرَج
Brazilian Portuguese: saída
Chinese: 出口
Croatian: izlaz
Czech: východ dveře
Danish: udgang
Dutch: uitgang
European Spanish: salida
Finnish: uloskäynti
French: sortie porte
German: Ausgang
Greek: έξοδος
Italian: uscita
Japanese: 出口
Korean: 출구
Norwegian: utgang
Polish: wyjście
European Portuguese: saída
Romanian: ieșire
Russian: выход
Latin American Spanish: salida
Swedish: utgång
Thai: ทางออก
Turkish: çıkış
Ukrainian: вихід
Vietnamese: cửa ra
British English: exit VERB
If you exit from a room or building, you leave it.
She exits into the tropical storm.
She exited the shop.
American English: exit
Brazilian Portuguese: sair
Chinese: 离开
European Spanish: salir
French: sortir
German: hinausgehen
Italian: uscire
Japanese: 出て行く
Korean: 나가다
European Portuguese: sair
Latin American Spanish: salir
All related terms of 'exit'
exit poll
a poll taken by an organization by asking people how they voted in an election as they leave a polling station
exit ramp
a short roadway by which vehicles may leave a major highway
exit sign
a sign above a door through which a person can leave a building
exit visa
An exit visa is an official stamp in someone's passport, or an official document, which allows them to leave the country that they are visiting or living in.
fire exit
a means of exiting a building in the event of fire
exit permit
an official certificate or document granting authorization for a person to leave a country
exit pupil
the smallest cross section of the beam of light from the eyepiece of a telescope through which all the light from the eyepiece passes. Its diameter is equal to the ratio of the focal length of the eyepiece to the focal ratio of the telescope
exit route
a route by which it is possible to leave a place
exit wound
a wound caused by a missile , esp a bullet , leaving a person's body
quick exit
If you refer to someone's exit , you are referring to the way that they left a room or building, or the fact that they left it.
exit strategy
In politics and business , an exit strategy is a way of ending your involvement in a situation such as a military operation or a business arrangement .
emergency exit
an doorway out of a building that is designated for use in an emergency
exit interview
an interview held with an employee who is leaving an organization in order to learn the employee's opinion of his or her time spent at the organization, reasons for departure , etc