Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A departure of a large number of people.
- noun The departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A going out; departure from a place; especially, the migration of large bodies of people or animals from one country or region to another; specifically, in history, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
- noun [capitalized] The second book of the Old Testament, designated by the Jews by its two initial words, or, more commonly, by the second of them, Shemōth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.
- noun The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sudden
departure of a large number of people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
- noun the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term exodus can be used because of the impact of the losses will have on the team.
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The term exodus can be used because of the impact of the losses will have on the team.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local rgm2009 2010
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The National Party on Tuesday expressed concern at what it called the exodus of twelve experienced, white, male state advocates from the Western Cape Attorney-General's office over the past 18 months.
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It has released its immigration policy which it says aims to stem what it calls the exodus of New Zealanders.
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Yet the district's mammoth deficit has continued to grow during amid the state's downturn and growing pension and debt obligations, and the city's schools are still grappling with longstanding problems, including political battles involving the state, school board and teachers' unions and a long-term exodus by students.
Crisis Mode Persists for Detroit Schools Matthew Dolan 2011
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The MSM however decided (en masse coincidently) that this demonstrates a mass exodus from the Dem Party while no mention of the larger number of Reps leaving.
Think Progress » Carl Cameron Gets Chummy With Brown Supporters, Ducks Question Of Fox News’ Ethics 2010
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While the TAC is small in England, with fewer than a dozen churches, the formation of its prelature could lead to a substantial exodus from the Church of England.
Pope 'wants personal prelature' for ex-Anglicans - Catholic Herald Online 2009
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When the great exodus from the cities around San Francisco Bay began, and while the telephones were still working, I talked with my brother.
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moonlight commented on the word exodus
Makes me think of the word exotic, yet there is nothing exotic about it at all.
October 14, 2009
Telofy commented on the word exodus
Unless it’s employed to describe the Exodus From The Long Sun whorl through space toward either of two planets called Green and Blue.
October 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word exodus
And unless it's an exodus to the exotic. That is, an escape from one place to another. Using basic definitions. Indeed if an exodus isn't exotic it won't be an exodus.
October 14, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word exodus
They do share the Greek root "ex-" -- "out of". Ex-hodos is a road out. Exotikos is a variational lengthening of some adverbial form of the root. Something from way out there.
October 14, 2009