exit
/'eksit/
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Definition
Noun:
- A way out of a building, room, or vehicle: An opening or passage used to leave a place.
- The act of going out or leaving: The action of departing from a place or situation.
- A place for traffic to leave a major road or highway: A designated off-ramp or turning.
- (Euphemistic) Death: The act of passing away or departing from life.
Verb:
- To go out of or leave a place: To move from the inside to the outside.
- To stop being involved in a situation or activity: To withdraw or resign from something.
- (In computing) To terminate a program or process: To close or quit an application.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Please use the emergency exit in case of fire.
- His sudden exit from the meeting surprised everyone.
- Take the next exit to get to the city center.
- The novel describes the character's peaceful exit.
Verb:
- We exited the building through the rear door.
- The company's CEO exited her position last month.
- To save your work, you must properly exit the application.
Advanced Usage
"To make a quick exit": To leave a place rapidly or discreetly.
- When the argument started, he decided to make a quick exit.
"Exit strategy": A preplanned means of withdrawing from a situation, often in business or military contexts.
- The investors demanded a clear exit strategy before funding the startup.
Variants and Related Words
Exeunt (verb, archaic/dramatic): Used as a stage direction meaning "they leave the stage."
- The scene ends as the characters exeunt.
Exit poll (noun): A survey of voters taken immediately after they leave their polling place.
- The exit polls predicted a close election result.
Synonyms
- Noun (for departure): Departure, withdrawal, egress.
- Noun (for doorway): Way out, door, gateway.
- Verb (to leave): Depart, leave, go out, withdraw.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Exit out (of) (informal, often redundant): To leave or close a program or place.
- You can exit out of the program by clicking the 'X'.
Related Idioms
"Exit stage left": To leave a situation, especially in a discreet or timely manner. Originates from stage directions in theater.
- When the scandal broke, the minister chose to exit stage left.
"Make one's exit": To leave, often in a formal or deliberate way.
- After delivering his speech, the ambassador made his exit.
Noun
- the act of going out
- euphemistic expressions for death
- thousands mourned his passing
- an opening that permits escape or release
- he blocked the way out
- the canyon had only one issue
Verb
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- lose the lead
- move out of or depart from
- leave the room
- the fugitive has left the country