ex·o·dus

(ĕk′sə-dəs)

1. A departure of a large number of people.

2. Exodus

a. In the Bible, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

b. See Table at Bible.

[Late Latin, from Greek exodos : ex-, out; see exo- + hodos, way, journey.]

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exodus

(ˈɛksədəs)

the act or an instance of going out

[C17: via Latin from Greek exodos from ex-¹ + hodos way]

Exodus

(ˈɛksədəs)

1. (Bible) the Exodus the departure of the Israelites from Egypt led by Moses

2. (Bible) the second book of the Old Testament, recounting the events connected with this and the divine visitation of Moses at Mount Sinai

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ex•o•dus

(ˈɛk sə dəs)

n.

1. a mass departure or emigration: the summer exodus to the shore.

2. the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses.

3. (cap.) the second book of the Bible, containing an account of the Exodus.

[before 1000; Middle English < Medieval Latin < Greek éxodos going out =ex- ex-³ + (h)odós way]

Exodus

The flight of the Children of Israel from Egypt into the wilderness and eventually to Canaan.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	exodus - a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment hegira, hejira escape, flight - the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
	2.	Exodus - 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 Book of Exodus Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible Laws, Pentateuch, Torah - the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

exodus

noun departure, withdrawal, retreat, leaving, flight, retirement, exit, migration, evacuation The exodus of refugees from the town shows no sign of abating.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

exodus

noun

1. Departure from one's native land to settle in another:

emigration, immigration, migration, transmigration.

2. The act of leaving:

departure, egress, exit, going, withdrawal.

Translations

خُروج، رحيل جَماعي

exodusudvandring

Auszug Exodus

Έξοδος

exode

שמות

egzodus

kivonulás

brottför, brottflutningur

esodo

出エジプト記

masinis išėjimas

masveida iziešana/izbraukšana

exodus uittocht

çıkış

成群的出去

exodus

[ˈeksədəs] N (gen, Rel) → éxodo m
there was a general exodus → hubo un éxodo general

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exodus

[ˈɛksədəs] n → exode m
the exodus to the cities → l'exode vers les villes

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exodus

(from a country) → Abwanderung f; (Bibl: of Hebrews, also fig) → Exodus m; general exodus → allgemeiner Aufbruch

exodus of capital → Kapitalabwanderung f

(Bibl) Exodus → 2. Buch Mosis or Mose, Exodus m

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exodus

[ˈɛksədəs] n (gen) (Rel) → esodo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

exodus

(ˈeksədəs) noun

a going away of many people. There was a general exodus from the room.

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He had the most extraordinary notions about this European exodus and came at last to consider the whole nation as packing up for emigration to France.

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What the purpose or nature of the general exodus we did not know, but presently through the line of captives ran the rumor that two escaped slaves had been recaptured--a man and a woman--and that we were marching to witness their punishment, for the man had killed a Sagoth of the detachment that had pursued and overtaken them.

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The green men were expecting an exodus of a body of red troops from the nearest city gate, and they were lying there in ambush to leap upon them.

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The Noah's arks are packed one within another, with clockwork horses harnessed to them; the soldiers, knapsack on back, are kissing their hands to the dear foolish girls, who, however, will not be left behind them; all the four-footed things gather around the elephant, who is overful of drawing-room furniture; the birds flutter their wings; the man with the scythe mows his way through the crowd; the balloons tug at their strings; the ships rock under a swell of sail, everything is getting ready for the mighty exodus into the Strand.

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The last slow trailers in the rear of the exodus were just passing, and Nalasu, his bow and his eighty arrows clutched to him, Jerry at his heels, made his first step to follow, when the air above him was rent by a prodigiousness of sound.

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I have reason to believe that my exodus from home was, on the whole, favorably viewed by my mother, as tending to remove any possibility of my bad character and conduct interfering with my sister's advancement in life.

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The strong-room, however, had been opened, and it is feared the raid on the chests of plate and other valuables may prove to have been only too successful, in view of the Easter exodus, which the thieves had evidently taken into account.

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Last night there was no exodus, so tonight before the sundown I took away my garlic and other things.

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Nearly all the labourers on Flintcomb-Ash farm intended flight, and early in the morning there was a general exodus in the direction of the town, which lay at a distance of from ten to a dozen miles over hilly country.

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The learned professor assumes that while a long-continued war had strengthened rather than weakened the instinct of paternal devotion, it had also dulled other humanitarian instincts, and raised to the first magnitude the law of the survival of the fittest, with the result that when the exodus took place the strong, the intelligent, and the cunning, together with their offspring, crossed the waters of the Channel or the North Sea to the continent, leaving in unhappy England only the helpless inmates of asylums for the feebleminded and insane.

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'the dinner-bell of the House' because his rising to speak was a signal for a general exodus of the other members.

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The hour was half-past ten in the evening; the day, the second day after the exodus of Nutty Boyd from the farm.

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