# exit

Pronunciation: US say "EG-zit" /ˈɛɡzət/; UK say "EK-sit" /ˈɛksɪt/

## Noun

1. An opening or passage that lets a person move from inside a building, room, or vehicle to the outside.
   - Simple: A door, gate, or other way out of a building, room, or vehicle.
   - _The fire exit was blocked by stacked chairs._
   - _Passengers should locate the nearest exit before takeoff._
3. An act of going out or leaving a place or situation, including an actor's departure from the stage.
   - Simple: The act of leaving a place or situation, such as an actor walking off the stage.
   - _Her sudden exit surprised everyone at the meeting._
   - _He made a quiet exit before the speeches began._
4. A minor road or ramp used to leave a major road such as a highway or expressway.
   - Simple: A small road or ramp that lets cars leave a highway.
   - _Drivers heading downtown should take the third exit._
   - _The exit was closed for repairs, forcing a long detour._
7. The event by which founders or investors cash out of a company, whether through its sale, the sale of a stake, or a stock market listing.
   - Simple: The sale of a company or part of it, or a stock market listing, that lets owners or investors get their money.
   - _The venture fund made ten times its money on the exit when the startup went public._
   - _Eight years after backing the startup, its early investors finally got their exit when a larger rival bought it._
8. A polite or literary way of referring to death; departure from life.
   - Simple: A gentle word for someone's death.
   - _His exit at ninety left a void in the family._
   - _The novel ends with the hero's noble exit on the battlefield._

## Verb

2. To go out of or leave a place, vehicle or situation; to depart.
   - Simple: To leave a place, a vehicle or a situation.
   - _The company exited the European market after heavy losses._
   - _Investors who exit a failing venture early often save money._
5. To end or close a running program or subroutine.
   - Simple: To close or stop a computer program.
   - _You can exit the application from the file menu._
   - _The script exits automatically once the task finishes._
6. In the theater, to leave the stage or a scene. It is also used as a stage direction, as in 'Exit Banquo'.
   - Simple: In a play, to walk off the stage. It is also written in scripts to tell an actor to leave.
   - _Lead performers exit before the final blackout._
   - _The chorus exits through a hidden door upstage._
9. To pass away; to come to the end of one's life.
   - Simple: To die, or to leave this life.

## Other meanings

- (verb) In a card game such as bridge, to give up the lead.

## Origin

From Middle English exit, from Latin exitus ('departure, way out; figuratively conclusion or death'), from exeo ('to depart, go out'), which combines ex- ('out, away') and eo ('to go'). It is related to Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, and Spanish éxito. The verb is derived from the noun.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/exit (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).