exit

== English == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ex‧it Rhymes: -ɛksɪt, -ɛɡzɪt (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛksɪt/, /ˈɛɡzɪt/ (Canada, Northwestern US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪɡzɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡzət/, /ˈɛksət/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɛɡzɪʈ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English exit, from Latin exitus (“departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”), from exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Exeō is derived from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + eō (“to go”) (ultimately from ). The English word is cognate with Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, Spanish éxito. Doublet of ejido and exitus. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== exit (plural exits) An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. Synonyms: egress, outgoing Antonyms: entrance, entry, ingoing, ingress (specifically, drama) The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage. A way out. 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. Synonyms: outgang, outway Antonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, (archaic, rare) entryway, ingang, ingress, portal (road transport) 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, often euphemistic) The act of departing from life; death. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:death ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== exits (“income, returns, revenue”) (historical) issue ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== exit (third-person singular simple present exits, present participle exiting, simple past and past participle exited) (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave. Antonyms: arrive, come, enter, ingress (theater) To leave a scene or depart from a stage. Desdemona exits stage left. (intransitive, often euphemistic) To depart from life; to die. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die (ambitransitive, computing) To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.) (transitive, originally US, also figuratively) To depart from or leave (a place or situation). Antonym: enter (transitive, specifically) To alight or disembark from a vehicle. (bridge, intransitive) To give up the lead. ===== Derived terms ===== exiter exiting (noun) reexit ===== Related terms ===== exeunt ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin exit, the third-person singular present active indicative of exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”); see further at etymology 1 above. ==== Verb ==== exit (intransitive, drama, also figuratively) Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage. Synonym: exeat ===== Usage notes ===== See usage notes at exeunt. ===== Derived terms ===== exit stage left ===== Related terms ===== exeunt ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === exit (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From exeō (“exit, go out”), from ē (“out”) + eō (“go”). === Verb === exit third-person singular present active indicative of exeō ==== Related terms ==== exeunt ==== Descendants ==== → English: exit (“used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage”)