Definition

1. 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.

2. 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

1. the act of going out
2. euphemistic expressions for death
   • thousands mourned his passing
3. an opening that permits escape or release
   • he blocked the way out
   • the canyon had only one issue

Verb

1. 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
2. lose the lead
3. move out of or depart from
   • leave the room
   • the fugitive has left the country