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exit
/ˈeɪɡzɪt/
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What does exit mean?
noun
- An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
- The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
- 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.
More meanings (11)
noun
- 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).
- (figuratively) The act of departing from life; death.
- Acronym of ex utero intrapartum treatment, a specialized surgical procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression.
verb
- To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
- To leave a scene or depart from a stage.
- To depart from life; to die.
- To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
- (figuratively) To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
- (figuratively) To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
- To give up the lead.
- (figuratively) Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈeɪɡzɪt/
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See this word in context.
Sooner than I had expected I came to what appeared to me to be a sudden exit into the temple above.
If it is a miss and the taw goes outside the ring, it must be replaced inside at the point of exit.
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There was no exit possible from this oratory, except by passing through the bedroom, nor from the bedroom, without passing through the dining-room.
The ball entered one inch above and in front of the right ear and made its exit through the lambdoidal suture posteriorly.