exit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an opening that permits escape or release
    issue; way out; outlet.
    • he blocked the way out
    • the canyon had only one issue
  2. noun euphemistic expressions for death
    loss; departure; going; expiration; release; passing.
    • thousands mourned his passing
  3. noun the act of going out
  4. verb move out of or depart from
    leave; go out; get out.
    • leave the room
    • the fugitive has left the country
  5. verb lose the lead
  6. verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
    • She died from cancer
    • The children perished in the fire
    • The patient went peacefully
    • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

WordNet

Ex"it
Etymology
L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.
Definitions
  1. He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth. ✍ The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.
Ex"it noun
Etymology
See 1st Exit.
Definitions
  1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
    They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.
  2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
    Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.
  3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.
    Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.

Webster 1913