exit

The definition of an exit is a departure or a place for a departure.

(noun)

An example of an exit is door to use to leave a building.

Exit is defined as to leave or go out of.

(verb)

An example of to exit is to walk out of a door.

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See exit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. an actor's departure from the stage
  2. a going out; departure
  3. a way out; doorway or passage leading out
  4. Origin: L, 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of exire

    he (or she) leaves the stage: a direction in a play script
  5. ☆ a ramp or road leading from an expressway

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)

intransitive verb

to leave; depart

transitive verb

  1. to leave (a building, road, vehicle, etc.): she will exit the plane at Atlanta
  2. Comput. to finish using and close (a program)

See exit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of going away or out.
  2. A passage or way out: an emergency exit in a theater; took the second exit on the throughway.
  3. The departure of a performer from the stage.
  4. Death.
verb ex·it·ed, ex·it·ing, ex·its
verb, intransitive
To make one's exit; depart.
verb, transitive
  1. To go out of; leave: exited the plane through a rear door.
  2. Computer Science To terminate the execution of (an application): exited the subroutine.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin

Origin: , third person sing. of exīre, to go out

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots

Origin: . N., sense 2, from Latin exitus

Origin: , from

Origin: past participle of exīre

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