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exit

exit

363 1.0
An opening or way that lets people leave a place
  • noun
  • /ˈɛksɪt/
translation icon : salida
  • In case of an emergency, please locate the nearest exit and leave the building immediately.
  • exit sign
  • entrances and exits
  • entry and exit

There's one where there's an exit that backs up.

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Examples

  • There's an exit door.

  • But as she made her way to the exit, she found Ben Zoma walking beside her.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The sign said something about where that exit was going to take you, right?

  • Does it say what exit we need to take?

  • Find the accessible exit for you right away.

  • We placed him the floor below, next to the emergency exit.

  • Please use the nearest exit.

  • And that's the exit of the tunnel.

  • Take the next exit.

  • When Ironheart left the freeway at the exit for Los Angeles International Airport, Holly became excited.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

way out
vsexit
2.0

An exit like a door that you use to leave a place

is the single-word form used instead of two separate words
door
vsexit
876 1.0

A way or chance to get something better, for example a job

is broader, meaning any opening or way to leave a place
outlet
vsexit
16 2.8

An opening that lets water or gas flow out

applies to people leaving a place rather than flow of things
egress
vsexit
8 8.1

A way to leave a building or room

focuses on the physical opening to leave rather than the action
escape hatch
vsexit
4 4.1

A small door in a vehicle or building that lets people get out quickly in an emergency

is a general opening to leave, not limited to emergencies
exitus
vsexit
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A formal leaving from a place that attracts attention

means the physical opening or way to leave rather than the departure event

Antonyms

468 1.0

A door or opening that lets people go into a place

Idioms

1 7.9

Leave a place or conversation quietly to avoid attention

Compounds

exit poll
  • Literature
38 3.6

A survey of people leaving a polling station asking how they voted

A special door or stairway that lets people leave a building quickly in an emergency

A way of leaving that looks clumsy and embarrassing

How Wide

gateway
75 2.8
opening
179 1.0
exit
363 1.0
doorway
240 1.0
gap
148 1.0

Surface Forms

exit singular
exits plural

Etymology

Exit comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and ire 'to go', so an exit is simply a place to 'go out' — a door or way out that lets you escape a place.