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exit

1

[eg-zit, ek-sit]

noun

  1. a way or passage out.

    Please leave the theater by the nearest exit.

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

    Take the second exit after the bridge for the downtown shopping district.

  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.

  5. 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)

  1. to go out; leave.

  2. Bridge.to play an exit card.

verb (used with object)

  1. to leave; depart from.

    Sign out before you exit the building.

exit

2

[eg-zit, ek-sit]

verb (used without object)

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

    Exit Falstaff.

exit

1

/ ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt /

noun

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

  2. 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

  3. departure from life; death

  4. theatre the act of going offstage

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

  6. bridge

    1. the act of losing the lead deliberately

    2. a card enabling one to do this

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to go away or out; depart; leave

  2. theatre to go offstage: used as a stage direction

    exit Hamlet

  3. bridge to lose the lead deliberately

  4. (sometimes tr) computing to leave (a computer program or system)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Exit

2

/ ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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On video captured by a security camera at the scene, the agents pull up at the open gate in a white SUV and three agents exit the car.

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But Norris went off track on the exit of Turn One and came close to losing control at the hairpin a number of times.

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"At first, I thought I was going to die. I managed to open my eyes, unfastened my seat belt and tried to exit the plane."

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McMahon said that failing to change course "would condemn Croydon's residents to a worsening position without an exit strategy" and he was "minded to" send in commissioners to run the council.

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The driver then exited and went to the rear of one of the agent’s vehicles and was taken into custody.

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