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ex·it

(ĕg′zĭt, ĕk′sĭt)

1. The act of going away or out.

2. A passage or way out: an emergency exit in a theater; took the second exit on the throughway.

3. The departure of a performer from the stage.

4. Death.

v. ex·it·ed, ex·it·ing, ex·its

v.intr.

To make one's exit; depart.

v.tr.

1. To go out of; leave: exited the plane through a rear door.

2. Computers To terminate the execution of (an application): exited the subroutine.

[From Latin, third person sing. of exīre, to go out : ex-, ex- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 2, from Latin exitus, from past participle of exīre.]

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exit

(ˈɛɡzɪt; ˈɛksɪt)

1. a way out; door or gate by which people may leave

2. the act or an instance of going out; departure

a. the act of leaving or right to leave a particular place

b. (as modifier): an exit visa.

4. departure from life; death

5. (Theatre) theatre the act of going offstage

6. (in Britain) a point at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway

7. (Bridge) bridge

a. the act of losing the lead deliberately

b. a card enabling one to do this

vb (intr)

8. to go away or out; depart; leave

9. (Theatre) theatre to go offstage: used as a stage direction: exit Hamlet.

10. (Bridge) bridge to lose the lead deliberately

11. (Computer Science) (sometimes tr) computing to leave (a computer program or system)

[C17: from Latin exitus a departure, from exīre to go out, from ex-¹ + īre to go]

Exit

(ˈɛɡzɪt; ˈɛksɪt)

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

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ex•it¹

(ˈɛg zɪt, ˈɛk sɪt)

n.

1. a way or passage out.

2. any of the marked ramps or spurs providing egress from a highway.

3. a going out or away; departure: to make one's exit.

4. a departure of an actor from the stage as part of the action of a play.

v.i.

5. to go out; leave.

v.t.

6. to leave; depart from: to exit a building.

[1580–90; < Latin exitus act or means of going out]

ex•it²

(ˈɛg zɪt, ˈɛk sɪt)

v.i.

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

[1530–40; < Latin ex(i)it literally, (he) goes out, 3rd singular present of exīre]

exit

Past participle: exited
Gerund: exiting

Imperative
exit
exit

Present
I exit
you exit
he/she/it exits
we exit
you exit
they exit

Preterite
I exited
you exited
he/she/it exited
we exited
you exited
they exited

Present Continuous
I am exiting
you are exiting
he/she/it is exiting
we are exiting
you are exiting
they are exiting

Present Perfect
I have exited
you have exited
he/she/it has exited
we have exited
you have exited
they have exited

Past Continuous
I was exiting
you were exiting
he/she/it was exiting
we were exiting
you were exiting
they were exiting

Past Perfect
I had exited
you had exited
he/she/it had exited
we had exited
you had exited
they had exited

Future
I will exit
you will exit
he/she/it will exit
we will exit
you will exit
they will exit

Future Perfect
I will have exited
you will have exited
he/she/it will have exited
we will have exited
you will have exited
they will have exited

Future Continuous
I will be exiting
you will be exiting
he/she/it will be exiting
we will be exiting
you will be exiting
they will be exiting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been exiting
you have been exiting
he/she/it has been exiting
we have been exiting
you have been exiting
they have been exiting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been exiting
you will have been exiting
he/she/it will have been exiting
we will have been exiting
you will have been exiting
they will have been exiting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been exiting
you had been exiting
he/she/it had been exiting
we had been exiting
you had been exiting
they had been exiting

Conditional
I would exit
you would exit
he/she/it would exit
we would exit
you would exit
they would exit

Past Conditional
I would have exited
you would have exited
he/she/it would have exited
we would have exited
you would have exited
they would have exited

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Noun	1.	exit - an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" way out, outlet, issue opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" outfall - the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water
	2.	exit - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" expiration, going, passing, departure, release, loss euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh death, decease, expiry - the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
	3.	exit - the act of going out departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
Verb	1.	exit - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" get out, go out, leave move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" depart, go away, go - move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" pop out - exit briefly; "He popped out for a quick coffee break" 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 - leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out" go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" get off - leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc. step out - go outside a room or building for a short period of time eject - leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule undock - move out of a dock; "We docked at noon" log off, log out - exit a computer; "Please log off before you go home" come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"
	2.	exit - lose the lead card game, cards - a game played with playing cards play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
	3.	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" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, choke, go, pass abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" 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" asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" 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, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed

exit

noun

1. way out, door, gate, outlet, doorway, vent, gateway, escape route, passage out, egress We headed quickly for the fire exit.
way out entry, way in, entrance, opening, inlet, ingress

2. departure, withdrawal, retreat, farewell, going, retirement, goodbye, exodus, evacuation, decamping, leave-taking, adieu She made a dignified exit.

verb

1. depart, leave, go out, withdraw, retire, quit, retreat, go away, say goodbye, bid farewell, make tracks, take your leave, go offstage (Theatre) He exited without saying goodbye.
depart arrive, enter, make an entrance, come or go in or into

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exit

noun

The act of leaving:

departure, egress, exodus, going, withdrawal.

verb

To move or proceed away from a place:

depart, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.

Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.

Slang: blow, split, take off.

Idioms: hit the road, take leave.

Translations

تَرْك المَسْرَح ، خُروجخُروجمَخْرَجمَخْرَج، مَكان خُروجيَخْرُج من المَسْرَح

východ

udgangafganggå udsortie

Ausgang Ausfahrt Abfahrt Abgang abgehen

έξοδος βγαίνω φεύγω

salida salir salir de hacer mutis

uloskäyntiulospääsylähteälähtöpoistua

sortie issue aboutir descendre donner

izlaz

eltávozáskijáratkimegylehajtótávozás

hann fer útútgangaútgangur

uscita uscita di sicurezza esce esito uscire

出口でぐちでる出る

출구

abeoexeo

išeinaišėjimas

Aiziet.'izejaiziešananoiešana no skatuves

uitgang

utgang avkjøring sorti ut

wyjście wychodzić wyjść

saída

выход выйти выходить съезд

izhod

utgång

ทางออก

çıkış çıkmakoyuncunun sahneden çıkışıayrılma

cửa ralối ra

出口离去退场

exit

[ˈeksɪt]

A. N (= place, act) → salida f (esp Theat) → mutis m inv
"no exit" → prohibida la salida
to make one's exit → salir, marcharse

B. VI (Theat) → hacer mutis (Comput) → salir
exit Hamlet → vase Hamlet

C. VT (Comput) → salir de
if we have to exit the plane (US) → si tenemos que abandonar el avión, si tenemos que salir del avión

D. CPD exit permit N → permiso m de salida
exit poll N (Pol) encuesta de votantes a la salida del colegio electoral
exit ramp N (US) → vía f de acceso
exit visa N → visa f or visado m de salida

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exit

[ˈɛksɪt ˈɛgzɪt]

[building] → sortie f; [motorway] → sortie f

to make a hasty exit [person] → sortir en vitesse

(= go out) → sortir

[actor] → sortir, quitter la scène

[computer user] → sortir

vt (= leave) [+ place] → quitter

[+ program] → quitterexit interview n → entretien m de sortie; (following redundancy) → entretien m de licenciementexit poll n → sondage m (effectué à la sortie des bureaux de vote)exit ramp n (US) [motorway] → bretelle f d'accèsexit route n

(from place) → voie f de sortie

(fig) (from situation) → échappatoire fexit sign n (in building) → panneau m de sortieexit strategy n → stratégie f de repliexit visa n → visa m de sortieexit wound n → blessure f de sortie

exit

(from stage, life) → Abgang m; (from room) → Hinausgehen nt → (from aus); (from competition) → Ausscheiden nt; (from sb’s life) → Scheiden nt (geh); to make an/one’s exit (from stage) → abgehen; (from room) → hinausgehen; he made a very dramatic exit → sein Abgang war sehr dramatisch

(= way out) → Ausgang m; (for vehicles) → Ausfahrt f

vi → hinausgehen; (from stage) → abgehen; (from competition) → ausscheiden; (Comput) → das Programm/die Datei etc verlassen, aussteigen (inf); exit the king (Theat) → der König (tritt) ab

(US) train → verlassen, aussteigen aus; place → hinausgehen aus

(Comput) program, file → beenden, aussteigen aus (inf)

exit

exit permit

n → Ausreisegenehmigung f

exit poll

n bei Wahlen unmittelbar nach Verlassen der Wahllokale durchgeführte Umfrage

exit survey

n (US) → Meinungsbefragung f (nach Verlassen einer Institution, eines Geschäfts etc)

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exit

[ˈɛksɪt]

1. n → uscita
to make one's exit → uscire

2. vi (Theatre, Comput) → uscire

exit

(ˈegzit) noun

1. a way out of a building etc. the emergency exit.

2. an actor's departure from the stage. Macbeth's exit.

3. an act of going out or departing. She made a noisy exit.

verb

(used as a stage direction to one person) (he/she) goes off the stage. Exit Hamlet.

exit

→ مَخْرَج východ udgang Ausgang έξοδος salida uloskäynti sortie izlaz uscita 出口 출구 uitgang utgang wyjście saída выход utgång ทางออก çıkış cửa ra, lối ra 出口

ex·it

n. salida.

exit

n salida

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A spokesman for Coventry City Council said most exit packages at the authority result from redundancies and pension payments, while it "seeks to minimise" costs outside this bracket.

Payouts to departing council staff cost taxpayers [pounds sterling]46.8m in eight years; A former chief finance officer left with almost half a million pounds

It takes less than an hour for travelers to exit the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after deplaning, gathering their luggage, clearing customs and immigration, and walking to vehicles with chauffeurs-making the Philippine capital among the fastest airport terminals to exit in Asia, a news report released on Wednesday found.

Naia 7th fastest Asia Pacific airport to exit

"Before the exit, the market's own compulsions are sold in the name of Exit Polls.

Exit poll results are wrong, the opposition is winning: Tejashwi Yadav

"The exit poll is primarily used to calculate voter swing and turnout.

India exit polls: Structured questionnaire is the key

Meanwhile, two lanes will be constructed at the San Miguel northbound entry and southbound exit, and another toll lane will be added to the northbound exit.

SCTEx to have 20 additional lanes to boost toll transactions

The Al Rakb Interchange -- Exit 8 -- is a dumbbell-shaped interchange with two main bridges and two roundabouts.

Al Majd Road includes 21 interchanges

The new system, first installed at the exit of Concourse B in early 2017, replaces a revolving door that was a frustration of passengers who often encountered a line when exiting.

Tulsa airport upgrades exit lane doors

A BEI business-owner survey showed that 79 percent of business owners, most aged 40-69, plan on exiting their businesses within the next 10 years, but only 17 percent have written exit plans.

Over 200 Business Advisors Gather in Denver to Help Small-Business Owners Exit Their Businesses

MRT Jiantan Station Exit 2, next to the YouBike Station

Taipei City extends Bike Commuters' Day coffee giveaway campaign

Public broadcaster Cybc's exit poll was more off the mark than the other four channels on Anastasiades, giving him 38-42 per cent but came in more accurately with Malas at 27-31 per cent.

Exit polls were broadly accurate

QIA is currently in negotiations with RMZ, and the final exit could happen in March 2018.

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