Exit

  • 51exit — I ex•it [[t]ˈɛg zɪt, ˈɛk sɪt[/t]] n. 1) a way or passage out 2) cvb any of the marked ramps or spurs providing egress from a highway 3) a going out or away; departure: to make one s exit[/ex] 4) sbz a departure of an actor from the stage as part… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 52exit — /ˈɛgzət / (say egzuht), /ˈɛksət / (say eksuht) noun 1. a way or passage out. 2. a going out or away; a departure: to make one s exit. 3. the departure of a player from the stage as part of the action of a play. –verb (exited, exiting) –verb (i) 4 …

  • 53exit — I. Etymology: Latin, he goes out, from exire to go out, from ex + ire to go more at issue Date: 1538 used as a stage direction to specify who goes off stage II. noun Etymology: Latin exitus, from exire Date: 1588 1. [exit (I)] a departure from a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 54exit — 1. noun /ˈɛɡzɪt,ˈɛksɪt/ a) A way out. He was looking for the exit and got lost. b) A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang. She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside. Syn …

    Wiktionary

  • 55exit — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, abandonment, absence without leave, absquatulation, access, adit, aisle, alley, ambulatory, annihilation, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue, bane, be consumed, be getting along, be gone, beat a… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56exit — [16] Ultimately, exit is the same word as English issue. Both come from Latin exīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and īre ‘go’. This Latin verb, which can be traced back to an Indo European base *ei , also produced English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57exit n — In a certain city in Eastern Spain, there was a movie theater. The builders of the theater only built a single emergency exit door, rather than the two required by law. Sure enough there was a fire and several people were trampled to death. The… …

    English expressions

  • 58exit — I ex|it 1. ex|it sb., ten el. tet, ter, terne, i sms. exit , fx exitstrategi II ex|it 2. ex|it: exit NN (NN går ud) …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 59exit — [16] Ultimately, exit is the same word as English issue. Both come from Latin exīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and īre ‘go’. This Latin verb, which can be traced back to an Indo European base *ei , also produced English… …

    Word origins

  • 60exit — n. & v. n. 1 a passage or door by which to leave a room, building, etc. 2 a the act of going out. b the right to go out. 3 a place where vehicles can leave a motorway or major road. 4 the departure of an actor from the stage. 5 death. v.intr.… …

    Useful english dictionary