exit

UK /ˈɛksɪt/ US /ˈeɪɡzɪt/
noun 6verb 6

Definitions

noun

1

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

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, [...]

2

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

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?

3

A way out.

emergency exit    fire exit

He was looking for the exit and got lost.

4

A way out.

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.

5

The act of departing from life; death.

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.

verb

1

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.]

Lucy enters at 11 o'clock and runs to her mother after blowing kiss to audience with both hands. They both exit at 11 o'clock, after Appleby's line. Ethel crosses to her victim at 3 o'clock, winks at him and then looks over her shoulder as she crosses to door at 1 o'clock, where she speaks her line and exits.

2

To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

Desdemona exits stage left.

3

To depart from life; to die.

4

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.

Every ZAF program needs to call a routine like this to exit the application. Just put it in your library and be done with it.

5

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.

More than one-quarter (26 per cent) poor in 1991 exited poverty in 1992.

verb

1

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].

A ſauage clamor? / Well may I get a-boord: This is the Chace, / I am gone for euer. / Exit purſued by a Beare.

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