Exit
['eksɪt;'egzɪt] or ['ɛɡzɪt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of going out.
(noun.) an opening that permits escape or release; 'he blocked the way out'; 'the canyon had only one issue'.
(verb.) lose the lead.
(verb.) move out of or depart from; 'leave the room'; 'the fugitive has left the country'.
Typist: Toni--From WordNet
Definition
(-) He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
(n.) The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
(n.) Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
(n.) A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.
Inputed by Enoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Departure, withdrawal.[2]. Egress, passage out.
Typed by Bernadine
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See APPROACH_and_BORES]
Typed by Ada
Definition
n. a direction in playbooks to an actor to go off the stage: the departure of a player from the stage: any departure: a way of departure: a passage out: a quitting of the world's stage or life: death:—pl. Ex′eunt.—v.i. to make an exit.
Inputed by Donald
Examples
- Free chlorine is heavier than air, and hence when it leaves the exit tube it settles at the bottom of the jar, displacing the air, and finally filling the bottle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The dull crackling noise noticed in the ear when one swallows is due to the entrance and exit of air in the tube. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We could trace no footmarks below, but it is sure that this is the only possible exit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That settles this exit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Exit the solicitor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A passageway with no exit. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The valve opens outward from the body, and hence will allow of the exit of air but not of the entrance of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The foul, bad-smelling gases which arise from sewers can be prevented from escaping and passing to streets and buildings by placing charcoal filters at the sewer exits. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Edited by Henry