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exit

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ex·it  (gzt, kst)
n.
1. The act of going away or out.
2. A passage or way out: an emergency exit in a theater; took the second exit on the throughway.
3. The departure of a performer from the stage.
4. Death.
v. ex·it·ed, ex·it·ing, ex·its
v.intr.
To make one's exit; depart.
v.tr.
1. To go out of; leave: exited the plane through a rear door.
2. Computer Science To terminate the execution of (an application): exited the subroutine.

[From Latin, third person sing. of exre, to go out : ex-, ex- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 2, from Latin exitus, from past participle of exre.]

exit
Noun
1. a way out
2. the act of going out
3. Theatre the act of going offstage
4. Brit & Austral a point at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway
Verb
[exiting, exited]
1. to go away or out; depart
2. Theatre to go offstage: used as a stage direction: exit bleeding from the room [Latin exire to go out]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.exitexit - an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
outfall - the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water
2.exit - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
death, decease, expiry - the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
3.exit - the act of going out
departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
Verb1.exit - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
depart, go away, go - move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
pop out - exit briefly; "He popped out for a quick coffee break"
file out - march out, in a file
hop out, get off - get out of quickly; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
fall out - leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out"
go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
get off - leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
step out - go outside a room or building for a short period of time
eject - leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
undock - move out of a dock; "We docked at noon"
log off, log out - exit a computer; "Please log off before you go home"
come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"
2.exit - lose the lead
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
3.exitexit - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
buy it, pip out - be killed or die;
drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"
conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed

exit
noun 1. way out, door, gate, outlet, doorway, vent, gateway, escape route, passage out, egress << OPPOSITE entry
verb 3. depart, leave, go out, withdraw, retire, quit, retreat, go away, say goodbye, bid farewell, make tracks, take your leave, go offstage Theatre << OPPOSITE enter
Translations
exit [ˈɛksɪt] nsalida
vi (THEAT) → hacer mutis;
(COMPUT) → salir (del sistema)

exit [ˈɛksɪt] nsortie f
vi (Comput, Theat) → sortir;
where's the exit? → est la sortie?

exit [ˈɛksɪt] nAusgang m;
(from motorway) → Ausfahrt f;
(departure) → Abgang m
vi (Theat) → abgehen;
(Comput) (from program/file etc) → das Programm/die Datei etc verlassen;
to exit from → hinausgehen aus;
(motorway etc) → abfahren von

exit [ˈɛksɪt] nuscita
vi (COMPUT, THEAT) → uscire

exit
n exit [ˈegzit]
1 a way out of a building etc the emergency exit. uitgang مَخْرَج، مَكان خُروج изход východ udgang der Ausgang έξοδος salida väljapääs خروج؛ راه خروجی uloskäynti sortie, issue יְצִיאָה गमन izlaz kijárat pintu keluar útgangur uscita 出口 출구 išėjimas izeja jalan keluar uitgang utgang; avkjøring(svei) wyjście saída ieşire выход východ izhod izlaz utgång ทางออก çıkış 出口 вихід باہر نکلنے کا راستہ lối ra
2 an actor's departure from the stage Macbeth's exit. afgegaan تَرْك المَسْرَح ، خُروج излзиане odchod sortie der Abgang έξοδος ηθοποιού από τη σκηνή salida (lavalt) lahkumine خروج از صحنه poistuminen sortie יְצִיאָה अभिनेता इत्यादि का रंगमंच से प्रस्थान odlazak (el)távozás meninggalkan panggung útganga uscita 退場 퇴장 išėjimas (iš scenos) (aktiera) noiešana no skatuves keluar het afgaan sorti; utgangsreplikk wyjście saída ieşire уход odchod odhod (z odra) izlaženje sorti การออกไปจากเวที oyuncunun sahneden çıkışı 退場 залишення сцени کسی اداکار کا اسٹیج سے رخصت ہونا sự đi vào của diễn viên 退
3 an act of going out or departing She made a noisy exit. uitgaan خُروج напусакне odchod udgang; afgang der Abgang αποχώρηση salida lahkumine خروج؛ عزیمت lähtö sortie יְצִיאָה प्रस्थान izlaz, odlazak (el)távozás keberangkatan útganga uscita 退出 외출 išėjimas iziešana keluar vertrek utgang, avgang wyjście saída ieşire уход odchod odhod izlaz sorti การออกไป ayrılma 離去 відхід رخصت ہونے کا عمل sự đi khỏi
v
(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 odejde gå ud Hamlet, etc. ab. als Regieanweisung βγαίνω από τη σκηνή salir de escena läheb lavalt ära خارج شدن؛ بیرون رفتن poistua näyttämöltä 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 afgaan (går) ut wychodzić, opuszczać scenę sair a ieşi уходит odísť odide (z odra) izaći [] går ut ออกจาก çıkmak (舞臺指示某一角色)退場 “залишає”, “пішов” اداکار اسٹیج سے جاتا ہے đi vào舞台指示角色退


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