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# exit

«exit» in Mova's school dictionary: **A door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an exit, exits); verb (exit, exits, exited, exiting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#m1)

2) The act of leaving: "He made a quick exit." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#m2)

3) As a verb, to go out or leave, or to close a program on a computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In fire safety, you learn where the emergency exits are and follow green "Exit" signs (or red in the USA). In computing, you exit a game or program. In plays, "exit" in the script means a character leaves the stage. Phrases: emergency exit, fire exit, exit sign, take the exit, exit the game.

### examples

- Use the fire exit in an emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#x1)
- Never block an exit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#x2)
- Follow the exit signs to leave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#x3)
- Take the next exit off the highway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#x4)
- Exit the game and save your work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#x5)
- The cinema has two exits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#x6)
- At the exit of the wood the lion stood still, and the Prince took leave of him, having first thanked him warmly for his kind protection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/#x7)

### note

Use "an": an exit. Countable. The opposite is "entrance". Safety: when you go into a new building, cinema or plane, look for the nearest exit. Exit doors must be kept clear.

### In the corpora

- [When you enter a building, noticing where the exits are helps you leave quickly in an emergency.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/11-eyes-up/11/)
- [Know where the nearest exit is at events, because it helps you get out quickly in an emergency.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.