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Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense exits, present participle exiting, past tense, past participle exited. 1.countable noun A2. The exit is the door through which you can leave a public building. He picked up the case and walked towards the exit. There's a fire exit by the downstairs ladies room.
Add to word list. Add to word list. the door through which you might leave a room, building, or large vehicle, or a place on a main road where a vehicle can leave it by taking a smaller road: In case of fire, use the emergency exit next to the elevator. Stay on the freeway until you get to the Ventura exit.
Definition of exit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From exit (“he, she, or it goes out, departs, or exits”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of exeō (“I go out”, “I depart”, “I exit”); or, From Wiktionary. From exit-, the stem of exitus (“a going out”, “a departure”), the perfect passive participle of exeō. From Wiktionary.
exit noun [C] (ROAD) A2. a road that you use to leave a motorway (= wide, fast road) or roundabout (= place where three or more main roads meet): Take the third exit at the next roundabout.
William exits fairly despondent and heads for the door.•. But to change the text, you had to exit that mode, using a specific command, and enter edit mode.•. Trying to exit the airfield after the show ended resulted in large queues of vehicles all trying to get out of one gate.•.
Definition of exit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
First recorded in 1560–70; partly from Latin exitus “act of going out, departure,” noun derivative of exīre “to go out”; partly noun and verb use of exit 2. Origin of exit 2. First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin exit; literally, “ (he/she) goes out,” 3rd-person singular present of exīre; exit 1. Discover More.
