exiting
exiting is the present participle and gerund of exit.
exiting is the misspelling of exciting.
Meaning of exit
Verb
exit (third-person singular simple present exits, present participle exiting, simple past and past participle exited)
- To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
- Come, good Remus, our men await us. Let the lion roar and roam to-day; he may be of service; to-morrow, perchance we'll chain him. [Exit Stephano right fourth entrance. Soft music. Remus, exiting, looks hard at Romulus. Exit Remus right fourth entrance.]1873, Henry A. Carroll, Romulus: An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts, Memphis, Tenn.: Partee & Matthews, book and job printers, →OCLC, act I, scene iii, page 13
- To depart from life; to die.
- Synonyms:
- assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit
- To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
- Common Lisp provides a facility for exiting from a complex process in a non-local, dynamically scoped manner.1990, Guy L[ewis] Steele Jr. et al., “Control Structure”, in Common Lisp: The Language, 2nd edition, [Bedford, Mass.]: Digital Press, →ISBN, section 7.11 (Dynamic Non-local Exits), page 187
- To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
- At approximately 10:35 a.m. said John Doe exited 110 East 36th Street without the brown paper bag. [...] On four occasions, said John Doe was observed exiting 110 East 36th Street and observed on two occasions entering apartment actually marked 71, but meaning apartment 710 on seventh floor of 150...1970 January 6, Morris Edward Lasker, United States District Judge, United States of America -v- James Armiento and Edward Jernek, Defendants [Opinion of the Court] (no. 36451), [New York, N.Y.]...
- Antonyms:
- enter
- To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
- When Walsh exited the "Q" train, he walked three blocks underground on the concourse which took him into the World Trade Center, the twin towers which highlight the skyline of lower Manhattan.1994, William F. Roemer, Jr., Mob Power Plays: The Mob Attempts Control of Congress, Casinos and Baseball: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: S.P.I. Books, Shapolsky Publishers, →ISBN, page 159
Meaning of exciting
Adjective
exciting (comparative more exciting, superlative most exciting)
- Creating or producing excitement.
- Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review
- Sexually stimulating.
- Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168
Noun
exiting (plural exitings)
- The act of one who exits; a departure.
Forms of exiting
| plural | exitings |
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Phrases with exiting
Questions about exiting
- What does exiting mean?
- Exiting means the act of one who exits; a departure.
- What is exiting the present participle and gerund of?
- Exiting is the present participle and gerund of exit.
- What part of speech is exiting?
- Exiting is a noun.
- What is the plural of exiting?
- The plural of exiting is exitings.
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