exit
US: /ˈɛɡzɪt/, /ˈɛksət/
UK: /ˈɛɡzɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
exit /'eksit/- danh từ
- (sân khấu) sự đi vào (của diễn viên)
- sự ra, sự đi ra, sự đi khỏi
- lối ra, cửa ra
- sự chết, sự lìa trần
- nội động từ
- (sân khấu) vào, đi vào
- (nghĩa bóng) chết, lìa trần, biến mất
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 a way out of a public building or vehicle: Where's the exit? + There is a fire exit on each floor of the building. + The emergency exit is at the back of the bus.
Compare: ENTRANCE
2 an act of leaving, especially of an actor from the stage: The heroine made her exit to great applause. + He made a quick exit to avoid meeting her. + an exit visa (= a stamp in a passport giving sb permission to leave a particular country) + an exit wound (= where a bullet that has entered sb's body comes out again)
3 a place where vehicles can leave a road to join another road: Leave the roundabout at the second exit. + Take the exit for Trento.
+ verb
1 (formal) to go out; to leave a building, stage, vehicle, etc: [V] The bullet entered her back and exited through her chest. + We exited via a fire door. + [VN] As the actors exited the stage the lights went on.
2 to finish using a computer program: [V] To exit from this page, press the return key. + [VN] I exited the database and switched off the computer.
3 [V] (exit ...) used in the instructions printed in a play to say that an actor must leave the stage: Exit Macbeth
Compare: EXEUNT
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 way out, egress, door, gate; outlet, vent:
Everyone left by the emergency exit when the alarm rang. This is the exit for the smoke.
2 departure, leave-taking, withdrawal, leaving, retreat, retirement; flight, exodus, evacuation, escape:
Terribly embarrassed, they made their exit. The villain's exit from the stage was marked by catcalls.
v.
3 go (out or away), (take one's) leave, depart, take or make one's departure, retire, (beat a) retreat, bid adieu, withdraw, run, (take a) walk, walk out (on), quit, escape, take to one's heels, show a clean pair of heels, vanish, disappear, Colloq take off, skedaddle, kiss goodbye, US cut out; Slang beat it, US and Canadian take it on the lam, lam (on) out of or from, take a (run-out) powder:
He exited from the party as soon as he could.
Collocation
1 way out
ADJ.
front, rear, side | emergency, fire | the nearest
She headed for the nearest exit.
VERB + EXIT
head for, make for | bar, block
Do not leave bags lying around which could block the emergency exits.
EXIT + NOUN
door, gate, route
PREP.
to/towards the ~
They moved to the exits.
2 act of leaving
ADJ.
fast, hurried, quick, swift | dignified | early
her early exit from the tournament, in only the second round
| mass
VERB + EXIT
make
She turned on her heel and made what she hoped was a dignified exit.
EXIT + NOUN
visa
PREP.
~ from
a mass exit of members from the party
3 for traffic
ADJ.
motorway | northbound, southbound, etc.
VERB + EXIT
take
PREP.
~ for
At the roundabout, take the exit for Swindon and Bristol.
| ~ from
Traffic lights control the exit from the M8 at Newbridge.
Concise dictionary
exits|exited|exiting'eksɪtnoun
+an opening that permits escape or release
+euphemistic expressions for death
+the act of going out
verb
+move out of or depart from
+lose the lead
+pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
