exit

noun

An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.

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.

(road transport) 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).

(specifically, drama) The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.

(figuratively, often euphemistic) The act of departing from life; death.

(medicine) Acronym of ex utero intrapartum treatment, a specialized surgical procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression.

verb

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

(transitive, originally US, also figuratively) To depart from or leave (a place or situation).

(theater) To leave a scene or depart from a stage.

(ambitransitive, computing) To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)

(transitive, specifically) To alight or disembark from a vehicle.

(intransitive, often euphemistic) To depart from life; to die.

(bridge, intransitive) To give up the lead.

(intransitive, drama, also figuratively) Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.

Roots

exex- · Latin · out, forth eo-it · Latin · go

Synonyms for exit

departuren leavev egressn egressionn entrancen outletn absquatulationn departv decampmentn passagewayn gov gaten fleev escapev corridorn

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