Exit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a way or passage out: Please leave the theater by the nearest exit.
  2. any of the marked ramps or spurs providing egress from a highway: Take the second exit after the bridge for the downtown shopping district.
  3. a going out or away; departure: to make one's exit.
  4. a departure of an actor from the stage as part of the action of a play.
  5. a card that enables a player to relinquish the lead when having it is a disadvantage.
verb (used without object)
  1. to go out; leave.
  2. to play an exit card.
verb (used with object)
  1. to leave; depart from: Sign out before you exit the building.
verb (used without object)
  1. (a person) goes offstage (used as a stage direction, often preceding the name of the character): Exit Falstaff.
noun
  1. a way out; door or gate by which people may leave
  2. the act or an instance of going out; departure
    • the act of leaving or right to leave a particular place
    • (as modifier)
  3. departure from life; death
  4. the act of going offstage
  5. (in Britain) a point at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway
  6. bridge
    • the act of losing the lead deliberately
    • a card enabling one to do this
verb (intr)
  1. to go away or out; depart; leave
  2. to go offstage: used as a stage direction
  3. to lose the lead deliberately
  4. to leave (a computer program or system)
noun
  1. (in Britain) a society that seeks to promote the legitimization of voluntary euthanasia
Exit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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