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exit

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

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noun

a way or passage out:
Please leave the theater by the nearest exit.
any of the marked ramps or spurs providing egress from a highway:
Take the second exit after the bridge for the downtown shopping district.
a going out or away; departure:
to make one's exit.
a departure of an actor from the stage as part of the action of a play.
Also called exit card. Bridge. a card that enables a player to relinquish the lead when having it is a disadvantage.

verb (used without object)

to go out; leave.
Bridge. to play an exit card.

verb (used with object)

to leave; depart from:
Sign out before you exit the building.

exit

[ eg-zit, ek-sit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

(a person) goes offstage (used as a stage direction, often preceding the name of the character):
Exit Falstaff.

exit

/ ˈɛɡzɪt; ˈɛksɪt /

noun

a way out; door or gate by which people may leave
the act or an instance of going out; departure
1. the act of leaving or right to leave a particular place
2. ( as modifier )
  an exit visa
departure from life; death
theatre the act of going offstage
(in Britain) a point at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway
bridge
1. the act of losing the lead deliberately
2. a card enabling one to do this

verb

to go away or out; depart; leave
theatre to go offstage: used as a stage direction
exit Hamlet
bridge to lose the lead deliberately
sometimes tr computing to leave (a computer program or system)

Exit

/ ˈɛɡzɪt; ˈɛksɪt /

noun

(in Britain) a society that seeks to promote the legitimization of voluntary euthanasia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exit¹

First recorded in 1560–70; partly from Latin exitus “act of going out, departure,” noun derivative of ��ī�� “to go out”; partly noun and verb use of exit ²

Origin of exit²

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin exit; literally, “(he/she) goes out,” 3rd-person singular present of ��ī��; exit ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exit¹

C17: from Latin exitus a departure, from ��ī�� to go out, from ex- ¹+ ī�� to go

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In the short term, Owens’ exit is not likely to change the hard-charging journalistic values of the program, as many of his lieutenants share his ethos.

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A third canister of gas appeared to do the trick, with the woman exiting the vehicle where she was met by about a half-dozen police officers.

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The suspect escaped the scene before exiting the city.

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He started to record on his cellphone as several teenagers ran toward an exit with items in their arms as a security guard shouted at them.

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Mr O'Dwyer initially exited the river safely, but then re-entered the water in an attempt to rescue the others.

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