Meaning of exit | Babel Free
ˈɛksɪtDefinitions
- An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
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Acronym of ex utero intrapartum treatment, a specialized surgical procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage. specifically
- To make one's exit; depart.
- 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.
- (he or she) goes offstage (used as a stage direction, often preceding the name of the character): Exit Falstaff.
- A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).
- The act of leaving:departure, egress, exodus, going, withdrawal.
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The act of departing from life; death. euphemistic, figuratively, often
- To move or proceed away from a place:depart, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.
- (used as a stage direction to one person) (he/she) goes off the stage. Exit Hamlet. afgaan, van die toneel verdwyn يَخْرُج من المَسْرَح излизам sair odejde Hamlet, etc. ab. als Regieanweisung gå ud βγαίνω από τη σκηνή salir de escena läheb lavalt ära خارج شدن؛ بیرون رفتن poistuu sortir לַצֵאת מְ- बाहर जाना odlaziti, otići el (a színről) pergi, keluar hann fer út uscire 退場する 퇴장하다 išeina 'Aiziet.' (norāde lugā) meninggalkan afgaanutwychodzić, opuszczać scenę وتل sair a ieşi уходит odísť odide (...
- salida.
- The act of going away or out.
- A passage or way out: an emergency exit in a theater; took the second exit on the throughway.
- The departure of a performer from the stage.
- Death.
Equivalents
Examples
“He made his exit at the opportune time.”
“On the firſt Day of the eleventh Month of the fortieth Year after the Exit from Egypt, Moſes, after he had numbred the People in the Plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, and found that there was not left a Man of thoſe, whom he had almoſt forty Years before numbered in the Wilderneſs of Sinai, ſave Caleb and Joſhua, by the Command of God made a Covenant with the Iſraelites in the Land of Moab, [...]”
“[...] I have purſued you like your ſhadow; I have beſieg'd your door for a glimpſe of your exit and entrance, like a diſtreſſed creditor, who has no arms againſt privilege but perſeverance.”
“The entrance of the river Dart into this bay, as well as its exit into the sea, appear from many situations closed up by the sinuosity of the banks, and give it the form of an inland lake, while the rocks on its sides, composed of glossy purple-coloured slate, have their summits fringed with various plants and shrubs.”
“Mr. Ogilvie, surgeon, deposed that he, in company with Mr. Andrews, had examined the body of George Catt, and found upon him a gun-shot wound, which had entered the right cheek, passed through the mouth and lower part of the brain, making its exit at the posterior and lower part of the bone on the left side of the head.”
“All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, meerely Players; / They haue their Exits and their Entrances, / And one man in his time playes many parts, / His Acts being ſeuen ages.”
“Why do directors assume that exits and entrances need not be rehearsed?”
“emergency exit fire exit”
“He was looking for the exit and got lost.”
“She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside.”
“[F]or the audience, a direct exit in front of the proscenium wall is preferable to one through it. It seems to us, in fact, that that exits at this point on both sides ought to be de rigueur; for in the first place, it is important not only that there should be many exits, but that they should be as wisely distributed as possible.”
“Ejecting a Violent Patron [...] If a patron is struggling and floormen can hardly keep him under control, the patron must be brought out the nearest exit so the patron cannot harm himself or other patrons. If both parties involved are struggling, both parties must be taken out the nearest exits, but not the same exit. If both parties are ejected at the same time, through the same exit, the altercation will continue outside the club and your floormen will have to break it up again [...].”
“When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled access highway except at such entrances and exits as have been designated by the department.”
“From Washington Dulles International, follow the signs to Interstate 66 east to Washington. Follow I-66 to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (US Route 50). take the Constitution Ave exit off of the bridge.”
“the untimely exit of a respected politician”
“However, there are no ideas strike more forcibly upon our imaginations, than those which are raised from reflections upon the exits of great and excellent men.”
“I have contrived a most effectual machine for the easy decapitation for such as chuse that noble and honourable exit; which no doubt must give great satisfaction to all persons of quality, and those who would imitate them.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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