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exit

exit

129 1.0
The act of leaving a place or situation
  • noun
  • /ˈɛksɪt/
translation icon : salida
  • So he will make an early exit from this room.
  • exit poll
  • exit strategy
  • make an early exit

But but yeah, the Afghanistan exit was was a little shocking.

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Examples

  • We need to discuss an exit strategy.

  • Please proceed to the nearest exit to leave the building safely.

  • Most of the time I can make an exit strategy to get home.

  • All right, this is an exit interview, I guess, at this point.

  • You can have your exit plan and should have your exit plan all laid out.

  • In past years, students indicated on exit surveys that they did not get to know each other.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Some research indicates that a gap exists between high school exit standards and college entrance requirements.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The desire for change is the most frequently mentioned reason in the exit poll for choosing Hale.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I can picture myself explaining our exit from the Ritz Plaza hotel to Mr. Peabody.

  • After the movie, we took the exit leading to the parking lot.

Synonyms

way out
vsexit
2.0

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

focuses on the action or process of departing rather than the opening
going away
vsexit
109 3.2

Leaving a place or people to live somewhere else for a long time

describes a departure without implying long or permanent absence
pullout
vsexit
18 5.8

Moving people or soldiers out of a place, often quickly, for example troops leaving a war area

refers to physically departing a place rather than withdrawing from duties
leaving
vsexit
4 1.0

The act of going away from a place or person

has identical meaning but framed as the general process of departing
going
vsexit
4 1.0

A departure from a place or job

is the same idea presented as the formal process of departing
leave-taking
vsexit
  • Formal
1 7.0

To say goodbye in a polite or formal way

puts emphasis on the act of departing itself, not the farewell ritual
exitus
vsexit
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A formal leaving from a place that attracts attention

is the general act of departing without special formality or emphasis

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 Abrupt

bolt
  • Literature
14 7.8
defection
28 7.9
abandonment
26 3.6
secession
41 8.3
resignation
  • Formal
197 3.4
exit
129 1.0
departure
  • Formal
26 8.8

Surface Forms

exit singular
exits plural

Etymology

Exit comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and ire 'to go', so the noun can also mean the act of leaving, like an actor's leave from the stage or a quick leaving from a room.