exit
exit /'egzɪt, 'eksɪt/ (exits exiting exited)
1 [N-COUNT]
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.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp
An exit on a motorway or highway is a place where traffic can leave it.
Take the A422 exit at Old Stratford.
3 [N-COUNT] usu adj N
If you refer to someone's exit, you are referring to the way that they left a room or building, or the fact that they left it. (FORMAL)
I made a hasty exit and managed to open the gate.
= departure
4 [N-COUNT] oft N from n
If you refer to someone's exit, you are referring to the way that they left a situation or activity, or the fact that they left it. (FORMAL)
...after England's exit from the European Championship...
They suggested that she make a dignified exit in the interest of the party.
= departure
5 [VERB] V, V n, V from n
If you exit from a room or building, you leave it. (FORMAL)
She exits into the tropical storm...
As I exited the final display, I entered a hexagonal room...
She walked into the front door of a store and exited from the rear.
6 [VERB] V n
If you exit a computer program or system, you stop running it. (COMPUTING)
I can open other applications without having to exit WordPerfect.
[N-SING]
Exit is also a noun.
Press Exit to return to your document.exit strat|egy (exit strategies)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
In politics and business, an exit strategy is a way of ending your involvement in a situation such as a military operation or a business arrangement.
The fear is that we have no exit strategy from this conflict.exit visa (exit visas)
[N-COUNT]
An exit visa is an official stamp in someone's passport, or an official document, which allows them to leave the country that they are visiting or living in.
1 [N-COUNT]
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.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp
An exit on a motorway or highway is a place where traffic can leave it.
Take the A422 exit at Old Stratford.
3 [N-COUNT] usu adj N
If you refer to someone's exit, you are referring to the way that they left a room or building, or the fact that they left it. (FORMAL)
I made a hasty exit and managed to open the gate.
= departure
4 [N-COUNT] oft N from n
If you refer to someone's exit, you are referring to the way that they left a situation or activity, or the fact that they left it. (FORMAL)
...after England's exit from the European Championship...
They suggested that she make a dignified exit in the interest of the party.
= departure
5 [VERB] V, V n, V from n
If you exit from a room or building, you leave it. (FORMAL)
She exits into the tropical storm...
As I exited the final display, I entered a hexagonal room...
She walked into the front door of a store and exited from the rear.
6 [VERB] V n
If you exit a computer program or system, you stop running it. (COMPUTING)
I can open other applications without having to exit WordPerfect.
[N-SING]
Exit is also a noun.
Press Exit to return to your document.exit strat|egy (exit strategies)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
In politics and business, an exit strategy is a way of ending your involvement in a situation such as a military operation or a business arrangement.
The fear is that we have no exit strategy from this conflict.exit visa (exit visas)
[N-COUNT]
An exit visa is an official stamp in someone's passport, or an official document, which allows them to leave the country that they are visiting or living in.