exit
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
Noun 3 meanings
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
“He made his exit at the opportune time.”
A way out.
“emergency exit fire exit”
The act of departing from life; death.
“the untimely exit of a respected politician”
Verb 4 meanings
To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
To depart from life; to die.
To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
Etymology
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).
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EXIT at a glance
EXIT has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + I 1 + T 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,866 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with exit
All rhymes- DIXIT13
- FIXIT15
- PINXIT15
One letter away
- EDIT5
- EMIT6
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