exit

English

Etymology

Depending on the sense, from two distinct but closely related Latin roots:

• From exit (“he, she, or it goes out, departs, or exits”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of exeō (“I go out”, “I depart”, “I exit”); or,
• From exit-, the stem of exitus (“a going out”, “a departure”), the perfect passive participle of exeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛɡzɪt/, /ˈɛksɪt/, SAMPA: /"EgzIt/, /"EksIt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛksɪt

Noun

exit (plural exits)

An exit sign

1. A way out.

   He was looking for the exit and got lost.

2. A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.

   She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside.

3. The action of leaving.

   He made his exit at the opportune time.

Synonyms

• (a way out) egress, outgang
• (the action of leaving) egress, outgoing, departure

Derived terms

Terms derived from exit (noun)

emergency exit exit policy exit poll

exit program exit strategy exit wound

fire exit

Translations

way out

Albanian: dalje (sq) f. Arabic: مخرج (máxraj) m. Egyptian Arabic: مخرج (maxrag) m. Armenian: ելք (yelk') Burmese: အထွက်ပေါက် (my) Catalan: sortida (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 出口 (zh) (chūkǒu) Min Nan: 出口 (chhut-kháu), 出嘴 (chhut-chhùi) Czech: východ (cs) m. (from a building), odbočka (cs) f. (from a road), výjezd (cs) m. (from a highway) Danish: udgang (da) c., udvej (da) c. Dutch: uitgang (nl) m. Estonian: väljapääs (et) Finnish: ulospääsy (fi), uloskäynti (fi) French: sortie (fr) f. German: Ausweg (de) m., Ausfahrt (de) f.

Greek: έξοδος (el) (éxodos) f. Hungarian: kijárat (hu) Italian: uscita (it) f. Japanese: 出口 (ja) (でぐち (ja), deguchi) Latin: exitus (la) m. Lithuanian: išėjimas (lt) m. Macedonian: излез (mk) (ízlez) m. Polish: wyjście (pl) n. Portuguese: saída (pt) f. Romanian: ieșire (ro) Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) sortida (rm) f., (Surmiran) sorteida (rm) f. Russian: выход (ru) (výxod) m. Spanish: salida (es) f. Swedish: utgång (sv) Turkish: çıkış (tr)

passage from inside to outside

Albanian: dalje f. Armenian: ելք (yelk') Catalan: sortida (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 出口 (zh) (chūkǒu) Czech: východ (cs) m. (from a building), výstup (cs) m. (from a train, underground etc) Danish: udgang (da) c. Dutch: uitgang (nl) m. Finnish: uloskäynti (fi) French: sortie (fr) f.

German: Ausgang (de) m. Italian: uscita (it) f. Japanese: 出口 (ja) (でぐち (ja), deguchi) Latin: exitus (la) m. Lithuanian: išėjimas (lt) m. Macedonian: излез (mk) (ízlez) m. Polish: wyjście (pl) n. Russian: выход (ru) (výχod) m. Spanish: salida (es) f. Swedish: utgång (sv)

action of leaving

Albanian: ikje f. Armenian: ելք (yelk') Catalan: sortida (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 離開 (zh), 离开 (zh) (líkāi), 退場 (zh), 退场 (zh) (tuìchǎng) Czech: odchod (cs) m. (on foot), odjezd (cs) m. (by a vehicle), Estonian: väljumine (et), lahkumine (et) Finnish: lähtö (fi) French: sortie (fr) f. German: Abtritt (de) m., Austritt (de) m., Ausstieg (de) m., Abwanderung (de) f.

Greek: έξοδος (el) (éxodos) f. Italian: uscita (it) f. Latin: abitus (la) m. Lithuanian: išėjimas (lt) m. Macedonian: влегување (mk) (vlegúvanje) n. Polish: wyjście (pl) n. Russian: выход (ru) (výχod) m. Spanish: salida (es) f., partida (es) f. Swedish: utgång (sv), sorti (sv), avsked (sv)

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French: sortie f., issue f. Hebrew: יציאה (yetzia) Indonesian: jalan keluar Interlingua: exito, exita, sortita Korean: 출구 [出口] (chulgu) (1,2), 퇴장 [退場] (toejang) Latin: exitus, ostium

Maltese: ħruġ Norwegian: utgang Portuguese: saída f. Romanian: ieșire f. Spanish: salida f. Tupinambá: sema (3) Urdu: ?? (nikaas) m. Volapük: segolöp Welsh: allanfa f.

Verb

exit (third-person singular simple present exits, present participle exiting, simple past and past participle exited)

1. To go out
2. To leave

Translations

go out

Albanian: dal (sq) Arabic: خَرَجَ (ar) (kháraja) Egyptian Arabic: خرج (kharag) Armenian: ելնել (hy) (elnel) Catalan: sortir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 出去 (zh) (chūqù), 出門 (zh), 出门 (zh) (chūmén) Dutch: uitgaan (nl), vertrekken (nl) Estonian: väljuma (et) Finnish: mennä ulos French: sortir (fr) German: ausgehen (de), hinausgehen (de) Greek: βγαίνω (el) (vgaíno) Hungarian: kimegy (hu)

Italian: uscire (it) Japanese: 出る (ja) (でる, deru), 出かける (ja) (でかける, dekakeru) Latin: exeō (la) Lithuanian: išeiti (lt) Macedonian: излегува (mk) (izléguva) Polish: wyjść (pl), wychodzić (pl) Romanian: ieși (ro) Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) sortir (rm), (Surmiran) sorteir (rm) Russian: выходить (ru) (vyxodít') impf., выйти (ru) (výjti) pf. Spanish: salir (es) Swedish: lämna (sv), gå (sv) Turkish: çıkmak (tr)

leave

Albanian: dal (sq), ik (sq) Armenian: ելնել (hy) (elnel) Chinese: Mandarin: 離開 (zh), 离开 (zh) (líkāi), 走 (zh) (zǒu) Dutch: uitgaan (nl), vertrekken (nl) Estonian: lahkuma (et) Finnish: poistua (fi), lähteä (fi) German: verschwinden (de), aussteigen (de), abgehen (de) Greek: φεύγω (el) (févgo)

Japanese: 出る (ja) (でる (ja), deru) Latin: abeō (la) Lithuanian: išeiti (lt) m. Macedonian: излегува (mk) (izléguva), напушта (mk) (nápušta) Polish: wyjść (pl), wychodzić (pl) Russian: выходить (ru) (vyχodít') impf., выйти (ru) (výjti) pf. Spanish: partir (es) Swedish: lämna (sv), gå (sv) Turkish: çıkmak (tr), uzaklaşmak (tr), ayrılmak (tr), terk etmek (tr)

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Catalan: sortir Serbo-Croatian: izlaziti Esperanto: eliri Guaraní: sẽ Hebrew: לצאת Indonesian: luar Interlingua: exir, sortir

Korean: 나오다 (naoda), Maltese: oħroġ Norwegian: gå ut Portuguese: sair Romanian: ieși IV Spanish: salir Tupinambá: sem Volapük: segolön

See also

• exit stage left

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Latin

Etymology

From exeō (“exit, go out”), from ē (“out”) + eō (“go”).

Verb

exit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of exeō
   1. "he (she, it) exits, he (she, it) departs, he (she, it) goes out"
   2. "he (she, it) avoids, he (she, it) evades"
   3. (figuratively) "he (she, it) escapes"
   4. (of time) "it expires, it runs out"

Usage notes

Used as stage direction in plays in English.

Related terms

• exeunt