Definition of exit Exit

/ɛˈgzɪt/ - [egzit] - ex•it

We found 24 definitions of exit from 6 different sources.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: exits

exit - an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
  issue, outlet, way out
  opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
exit - the act of going out
  going away, leaving, departure, going the act of departing
exit - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
  passing, loss, departure, expiration, going, release
  decease, expiry, death the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
  euphemism an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

Verb

exits, exiting, exited  

exit - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
  go out, get out, leave
  go in, move into, go into, get in, come in, get into, enter be used or required for; "A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet"
  move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
  go away, depart, go go away or leave
  pop out appear suddenly; "Spring popped up everywhere in the valley"
  file out march out, in a file
  hop out, get off get out of quickly; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
  fall out have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question"
  go forth, go away, leave leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
  get off escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
  step out go outside a room or building for a short period of time
  eject put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
  undock take (a ship) out of a dock; "undock the ship"
  log off, log out exit a computer; "Please log off before you go home"
exit - lose the lead
  play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
  card game, cards a game played with playing cards
exit - 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"
  die, decease, perish, go, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
  be born come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
  change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
  die off, die out become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out"
  die back, die down suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
  die down become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"
  abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
  asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
  buy it, pip out be killed or die;
  drown die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
  predecease die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"
  conk out, go bad, give out, give way, break down, die, fail, go, break end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
  famish, starve die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
  fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
  succumb, yield be fatally overwhelmed
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • exit (Noun)
    A way out .
  • exit (Noun)
    A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.
  • exit (Noun)
    The action of leaving.
  • exit (Verb)
    To go out .
  • exit (Verb)
    To leave.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • exit
    He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
  • exit (n.)
    The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
  • exit (n.)
    Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
  • exit (n.)
    A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • exit
    To cease to live.
  • exit
    Gimmick or ploy to escape a situation that is unfavorable, difficult or dangerous.
  • exit
    To move out of or depart from.
  • exit
    To go away from a place; to leave.
  • exit
    A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, that permits escape or release.
  • exit
    To go out of a closed place.
  • exit
    The act of going out.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • exit
    eks′it, n. a direction in playbooks to an actor to go off the stage: the departure of a player from the stage: any departure: a way of departure: a passage out: a quitting of the world's stage, or life: death:—pl. Ex′eunt.—v.i. to make an exit. [L. exit, he goes out, exeunt, they go out—exīre, to go out—ex, out, and īre, itum, to go.]

Part of speech

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  • exit, verb, present, 1st person singular of exit (infinitive).
  • exit, verb (infinitive).
  • exit, noun, singular of exits.

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