Exiting

How to spell exiting

7 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce exiting

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does exiting mean?

1. verbIn the act of leaving or going out of a place, vehicle, or situation.

Exiting in a sentence

• Passengers exiting the train should mind the gap on the platform.

• The firm is exiting the property market after years of losses.

Where does exiting come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word is the present participle of the verb 'exit', which comes from the Latin exitus, meaning 'a going out' or 'departure'. That noun was formed from the verb exire, literally 'to go out', built from the prefix ex-, meaning 'out', and the verb ire, meaning 'to go'. The same ire root quietly underlies a surprising family of English words, including 'transit' (a going across), 'ambition' (originally a going around to canvass for votes), and 'initial' (a going in). 'Exit' arrived in English in the 1500s, partly through stage directions in plays where it marked an actor leaving the scene. The single -t and single -x make 'exiting' easy to confuse with 'exciting', which adds a c and a second meaning entirely; remembering that 'exit' is hidden inside 'exiting' fixes the spelling.

How the word is built

• exit (from Latin exire: to go out)
• -ing (present participle suffix)