exit

A door or passage that you use to leave a room, building, or vehicle.

• The exit is over there.
• Please keep the emergency exits clear.
• Where is the nearest exit from this hall?

Similar words: way out

Opposites: entrance

Common phrases: emergency exit, fire exit, nearest exit

A road that takes you off a main road, such as a highway.

• Take the next exit.
• We missed our exit and drove another ten miles.
• The hotel is near exit twelve.

Similar words: turnoff

Common phrases: next exit, highway exit, take the exit

The act of leaving a place or situation.

• She made a quick exit.
• His dramatic exit from the stage made everyone laugh.
• We planned our exit before the meeting began.

How to use it: an exit from something (Her exit from the company surprised her colleagues.)

Similar words: departure

Opposites: arrival, entry

Common phrases: make an exit, quick exit, dramatic exit

To leave a place or situation.

• Please exit the building.
• She exited through a door at the back.
• Press this key to exit the program.

How to use it: exit something (Please exit the train carefully.); exit through something (We exited through the side door.)

Similar words: leave, depart

Opposites: enter

Common phrases: exit the building, exit a vehicle, exit through something