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	exit (exit) Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɪt, ˈɛgzɪt/ noun 1a way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle: she slipped out by the rear exit a fire exit a place for traffic to leave a major road or roundabout: she slowed for a roundabout, taking the second exit 2an act of leaving a place: he made a hasty exit from* the room* a departure from a particular situation: Australia’s early exit from* the World Cup* literary a person’s death. verb (exits, exiting, exited) [no object] go out of or leave a place: he exited from* the changing rooms* the bullet entered her back and exited through her chest [with object]: queues of vehicles tried to exit the airfield (exit) used as a stage direction in a play to indicate that an actor leaves the stage: exit Pamela leave a particular situation: organizations which do not have freedom to exit from unprofitable markets literary die. Computing terminate a process or program: this key enables you to temporarily exit from a LIFESPAN option Bridge relinquish the lead: declarer must cash his top spades and exit with ♦2 Derivatives exitless adjective Origin: mid 16th century (as a stage direction): from Latin exit 'he or she goes out', third person singular present tense of exire, from ex- 'out' + ire 'go'. The noun (late 16th century) is from Latin exitus 'going out', from the verb exire, and the other verb uses (early 17th century) derive from it		Search results in the dictionary exit line exit poll exit visa (also exit permit) exit wound exit strategy exit permit in exit visa (also exit permit) More results » Nearby Words exilic exine exist existence existent existential existential quantifier existentialism existing exit exit line exit poll exit strategy exit visa exit wound Exmoor Exmoor pony exo- exoatmospheric