exit

CEFRA2

/ˈɛksɪt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A way out of a place or situation.

  2. 02

    verb

    To leave a place or situation.

Examples

  • Make certain where the emergency exit is before you go to bed at a hotel.

  • Please use this exit when there is a fire.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈeɪɡzɪt/
  • /ˈɛɡzɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A way out., An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.

  2. An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.

  3. A way out.

More examples

In context

  • He made his exit at the opportune time.

  • He was looking for the exit and got lost.

  • emergency exit fire exit

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

In case of fire, please use the nearest blank to leave the building quickly.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.