exit
B1Meanings
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noun
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
He made his exit at the opportune time.
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noun
A way out.
emergency exit fire exit
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noun
The act of departing from life; death.
the untimely exit of a respected politician
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verb
To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
Come, good Remus, our men await us. Let the lion roar and roam to-day; he may be of service; to-morrow, perchance we'll chain him. [Exit Stephano right fourth entrance. Soft music. Remus, exiting, looks hard at Romulus. Exit Remus right fourth entrance.]
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verb
To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
Common Lisp provides a facility for exiting from a complex process in a non-local, dynamically scoped manner.
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verb
To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
At approximately 10:35 a.m. said John Doe exited 110 East 36th Street without the brown paper bag. [...] On four occasions, said John Doe was observed exiting 110 East 36th Street and observed on two occasions entering apartment actually marked 71, but meaning apartment 710 on seventh floor of 150 East 35th Street.
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verb
To give up the lead.
West now plays a low club to the J and Q. North exits in a trump.
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verb
Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
I take no monie, but good vvordes, raile not if I tell true, if I doe not reuenge. Farevvell. Exit Bom[bie].
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.
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