exit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛksɪt
rhymes: -ɛɡzɪt
ipa: /ˈɛksɪt/
ipa: /ˈɛɡzɪt/
ipa: /ˈɛɡzət/
ipa: /ˈɛksət/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɛɡzɪʈ/
Forms: form: exits
Etymology: From Middle English exit, from Latin exitus (“departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”), from exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Exeō is derived from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + eō (“to go”) (ultimately from ). The English word is cognate with Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, Spanish éxito. Doublet of ejido and exitus.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: He made his exit at the opportune time.
text: On the firſt Day of the eleventh Month of the fortieth Year after the Exit from Egypt, Moſes, after he had numbred the People in the Plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, and found that there was not left a Man of thoſe, whom he had almoſt forty Years before numbered in the Wilderneſs of Sinai, ſave Caleb and Joſhua, by the Command of God made a Covenant with the Iſraelites in the Land of Moab, [...]
ref: 1740, Samuel Shuckford, “Book XI”, in The Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected, […], 2nd edition, volume III, London: Printed for H. Knaplock, and J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, →OCLC, page 139:
text: [...] I have purſued you like your ſhadow; I have beſieg'd your door for a glimpſe of your exit and entrance, like a diſtreſſed creditor, who has no arms againſt privilege but perſeverance.
ref: 1762 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Lyar. A Comedy in Three Acts. […], London: Printed for G. Kearsly, […], published 1764, →OCLC, act I, scene ii, page 12:
text: The entrance of the river Dart into this bay, as well as its exit into the sea, appear from many situations closed up by the sinuosity of the banks, and give it the form of an inland lake, while the rocks on its sides, composed of glossy purple-coloured slate, have their summits fringed with various plants and shrubs.
ref: 1834, Thomas Moule; W[illiam] Westall, illustrator, “Devonshire. [Dartmouth Castle.]”, in The Landscape Album; or, Great Britain Illustrated: […] Second Series, London: Charles Tilt, […], →OCLC, page 57:
text: Mr. Ogilvie, surgeon, deposed that he, in company with Mr. Andrews, had examined the body of George Catt, and found upon him a gun-shot wound, which had entered the right cheek, passed through the mouth and lower part of the brain, making its exit at the posterior and lower part of the bone on the left side of the head.
ref: 1838 June 11, “Inquests on the Rioters”, in The Champion and Weekly Herald, volume 2, number 5 (New Series), London: Printed and published by Richard Cobbett, […], →OCLC, column 141:
synonyms: egress
outgoing
antonyms: entrance
entry
ingoing
ingress
glosses: An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
examples: text: All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, meerely Players; / They haue their Exits and their Entrances, / And one man in his time playes many parts, / His Acts being ſeuen ages.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii], page 194, column 1:
text: Why do directors assume that exits and entrances need not be rehearsed?
ref: 1968, Leon C. Miller, “Blocking the Play”, in How to Direct the High School Play, Chicago, Ill.: The Dramatic Publishing Company, →OCLC, pages 39 and 43:
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
synonyms: egress
outgoing
antonyms: entrance
entry
ingoing
ingress
glosses: An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
examples: text: emergency exit    fire exit
text: He was looking for the exit and got lost.
text: She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside.
text: [F]or the audience, a direct exit in front of the proscenium wall is preferable to one through it. It seems to us, in fact, that that exits at this point on both sides ought to be de rigueur; for in the first place, it is important not only that there should be many exits, but that they should be as wisely distributed as possible.
ref: 1877 February 17, “The Proposed Act for the Security of Theatres in New York”, in The American Architect and Building News, volume II, number 60, Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Osgood & Co. publishers […], →OCLC, page 51, column 2:
text: Ejecting a Violent Patron [...] If a patron is struggling and floormen can hardly keep him under control, the patron must be brought out the nearest exit so the patron cannot harm himself or other patrons. If both parties involved are struggling, both parties must be taken out the nearest exits, but not the same exit. If both parties are ejected at the same time, through the same exit, the altercation will continue outside the club and your floormen will have to break it up again [...].
ref: 2004, Robert A. McManus, Sean M. O’Toole, “Everyday Security Topics, Procedures, and Operations”, in Kathryn M. Gainey, editor, The Nightclub, Bar and Restaurant Security Handbook, 3rd edition, Swampscott, Mass.: Locksley Publishing, →ISBN, section II.3 (Ejections), page 125:
glosses: A way out.
An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.
synonyms: outgang
outway
antonyms: word: entrance
word: entranceway
word: entry
word: entryway
word: ingang
word: ingress
word: portal
examples: text: When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled access highway except at such entrances and exits as have been designated by the department.
ref: 1972, “Article III—Driving on Right Side of Roadway—Overtaking and Passing—Use of Roadway”, in Traffic Laws Annotated, Washington, D.C.: National Committee on Uniform Laws and Ordinances, →OCLC, § 11-312 (Restricted Access), page 348:
text: From Washington Dulles International, follow the signs to Interstate 66 east to Washington. Follow I-66 to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (US Route 50). take the Constitution Ave exit off of the bridge.
ref: 2002, “Driving Instructions”, in African Studies Association 45th Annual Meeting: Preliminary Program, [Camden, N.J.]: [African Studies Association], page 2, column 2:
topics: road
transport
glosses: A way out.
A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).
examples: text: the untimely exit of a respected politician
text: However, there are no ideas strike more forcibly upon our imaginations, than those which are raised from reflections upon the exits of great and excellent men.
ref: 1711 August 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, August 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 133; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 199:
text: I have contrived a most effectual machine for the easy decapitation for such as chuse that noble and honourable exit; which no doubt must give great satisfaction to all persons of quality, and those who would imitate them.
ref: 1756 September 9, “Thursday, September 9, 1756”, in The World, number 193, London: Printed for R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley [...] and sold by M. Cooper [...], →OCLC; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The British Essayists; with Prefaces Historical and Biographical, volume XXIX, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, [et al.], 1808, →OCLC, page 200:
synonyms: word: death
word: celestial transfer
word: decease
word: decomposition
word: defunction
word: dematerialization
word: demise
word: dirt nap
word: doom
word: exit
word: expiration
word: fatality
word: liquidation
word: mortality
word: quietus
word: repose
word: sleep of the just
word: sunset
word: the big sleep
word: crash
word: downfall
word: fall
word: (the) bane
word: (the) end
glosses: The act of departing from life; death.
Derived terms: Blaxit
Brexit
Calexit
Capexit
Catalexit
Czexit
developer exit
Dexit
emergency exit
exit bag
exit ban
exit clause
exit code
exit fee
exit hole
exit interview
exitless
exit-like
exit node
exit policy
exit poll
exit program
exit ramp
exit scam
exit sign
exit strategy
exit ticket
exit time
exit velocity
exit visa
exit wound
fire exit
first exit time
Fixit
French exit
Frexit
Grexit
Huxit
Irish exit
Italexit
Lexit
make one's exit
Megxit
Nexit
Orkxit
Polexit
Quexit
Roexit
Scexit
Swexit
Tasexit
Texit
Waxit
Wexit
Related terms: english: income, returns, revenue
translation: income, returns, revenue
word: exits
word: issue