exit

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛgzɪt/or /ˈɛksɪt/
• SAMPA: /"EgzIt/
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Verb

Plain form exit

Third-person singular exits

Past tense exited

Past participle exited

Present participle exiting

1. If you exit you leave, you go to another place.

   Please wait until the lights are on to exit the theater.

Synonyms

• leave
• depart
• go
• go away

Noun

Singular exit

Plural exits

1. An exit is a way out of a room or building. This usually means a door that people are expected to leave through.

   Excuse me. Do you know where the exit is?

2. An exit is a small road that takes you off a highway. This is often used for a way off the interstate roads in the United States.

   The store is just off exit 245.

3. An exit it the act of leaving a place.

   He made a grand exit, bowing deeply before leaving the stage.