exit

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈɛgzɪt/ or /ˈɛksɪt/
• SAMPA: /"EgzIt/ or /"EksIt/

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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.
   • Synonyms: leave, depart, go and go away

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

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 is the act of leaving a place.

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