"exit strategy" meaning in English

See exit strategy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: exit strategies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} exit strategy (plural exit strategies)
  1. (usually military, politics or business) A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion. Wikipedia link: exit strategy Tags: usually Categories (topical): Business, Military, Politics Related terms: exit policy Translations (plan): 退出策略 (tuìchū cèlüè) (Chinese Mandarin), exit-strategia (Finnish), stratégie de sortie [feminine] (French), Ausstiegsstrategie [feminine] (German), Exit-Strategie [feminine] (German), strategia di uscita [feminine] (Italian), strategia wyjścia [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Exit-Strategie",
            "pcal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Exit-Strategie (partial calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Exit-Strategie (partial calque)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "exit strategies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "exit strategy (plural exit strategies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "en:Business",
          "parents": [
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 October 18, Michael Kramer, “The Political Interest It's All Foreign to Clinton”, in Time:",
          "text": "Seeking an exit strategy before sailing in harm's way is smart, but it must be related to the mission's goal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 February 1, David E. Sanger, Steven R. Weisman, “In U.S., White House and the Democrats Seek an Edge”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-30:",
          "text": "\"But most of all, we need an exit strategy so that we know what victory is and how we can get there.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 February 26, David Lawsky, “Silicon Valley: down but not out?”, in Forbes, retrieved 2011-06-30:",
          "text": "Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs are no longer a reliable exit strategy with capital markets tanking and buyers wary.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 22, Valerie Hopkins, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Belarus Is Fast Becoming a ‘Vassal State’ of Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "“If your question is, ‘Do I think we should be more aggressive with Belarus,” my answer is no,” he said, emphasizing that Western leaders needed to offer Mr. Lukashenko an “exit strategy.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion."
      ],
      "id": "en-exit_strategy-en-noun-kxndiPDc",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "well-defined",
          "well-defined"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "mission",
          "mission"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "commitment",
          "commitment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually military, politics or business) A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "exit policy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tuìchū cèlüè",
          "sense": "plan",
          "word": "退出策略"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "plan",
          "word": "exit-strategia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "plan",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stratégie de sortie"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "plan",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausstiegsstrategie"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "plan",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Exit-Strategie"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "plan",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strategia di uscita"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "plan",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strategia wyjścia"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "exit strategy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "exit strategy"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Exit-Strategie",
            "pcal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Exit-Strategie (partial calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Exit-Strategie (partial calque)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "exit strategies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "exit strategy (plural exit strategies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "exit policy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "en:Business",
        "en:Military",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 October 18, Michael Kramer, “The Political Interest It's All Foreign to Clinton”, in Time:",
          "text": "Seeking an exit strategy before sailing in harm's way is smart, but it must be related to the mission's goal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 February 1, David E. Sanger, Steven R. Weisman, “In U.S., White House and the Democrats Seek an Edge”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-30:",
          "text": "\"But most of all, we need an exit strategy so that we know what victory is and how we can get there.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 February 26, David Lawsky, “Silicon Valley: down but not out?”, in Forbes, retrieved 2011-06-30:",
          "text": "Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs are no longer a reliable exit strategy with capital markets tanking and buyers wary.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 22, Valerie Hopkins, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Belarus Is Fast Becoming a ‘Vassal State’ of Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "“If your question is, ‘Do I think we should be more aggressive with Belarus,” my answer is no,” he said, emphasizing that Western leaders needed to offer Mr. Lukashenko an “exit strategy.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "well-defined",
          "well-defined"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "mission",
          "mission"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "commitment",
          "commitment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually military, politics or business) A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "exit strategy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuìchū cèlüè",
      "sense": "plan",
      "word": "退出策略"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plan",
      "word": "exit-strategia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stratégie de sortie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausstiegsstrategie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Exit-Strategie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strategia di uscita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strategia wyjścia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exit strategy"
}

Download raw JSONL data for exit strategy meaning in English (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.