exit
- noun
- /ˈɛksɪt/
- 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.
- There's one where there's an exit that backs up.
- Find the accessible exit for you right away.
- Like simple things like the exit sign or the signage out front.
- And that's the exit of the tunnel.
- Like vulnerability can't be a scapegoat or an exit or a crutch for me.
- Behind that, there's actually an exit ramp to our Interstate.
- This finish line is an exit and that's success and that's the end.
- And we still have this dream of this exit in our minds.
- No doors, no windows, no exits, no furniture.
Examples
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There's an exit door.
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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?
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Does it say what exit we need to take?
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Find the accessible exit for you right away.
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We placed him the floor below, next to the emergency exit.
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Please use the nearest exit.
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And that's the exit of the tunnel.
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Take the next exit.
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When Ironheart left the freeway at the exit for Los Angeles International Airport, Holly became excited.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
An exit like a door that you use to leave a place
A way or chance to get something better, for example a job
An opening that lets water or gas flow out
A way to leave a building or room
A small door in a vehicle or building that lets people get out quickly in an emergency
A formal leaving from a place that attracts attention
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A special door or stairway that lets people leave a building quickly in an emergency
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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.