exodus
a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people: the summer exodus to the country and shore.
the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses.
(initial capital letter) the second book of the Bible, containing an account of the Exodus. Abbreviation: Ex.
Origin of exodus
1Words Nearby exodus
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use exodus in a sentence
When companies don’t do what they say, we see mass exoduses and even lawsuits, as has recently been the case at Pinterest and Carta.
The exodus isn’t necessarily good news, according to Batt and other experts.
Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances | by Peter Elkind with Doris Burke | September 30, 2020 | ProPublicaUnsurprisingly, the mass exodus of the well-to-do inspired contempt among those who didn’t have the option of motoring out to their second home on Long Island or in the Catskills.
So the Florida Legislature created a state-run company to insure properties itself, preventing both an exodus and an economic collapse by essentially pretending that the climate vulnerabilities didn’t exist.
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration | by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Meridith Kohut | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaIndeed, with early evidence of an exodus from cities to suburbs amid shutdowns, new homebuyers may well be game to buy a fixer-upper.
These 2 home improvement stocks are up 30% this year. They’re still a buy | Anne Sraders | August 19, 2020 | Fortune
Maybe even a mass exodus of Venezuelan women looking to get breast implants done in Colombia.
Venezuela Now Has Toilet Paper but No Breast Implants | Jason Batansky | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the day before the final exodus, Christians were informed jizya was no longer an option.
ISIS Robs Christians Fleeing Its Edict in Mosul: Convert, Leave, or Die | Andrew Slater | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the bill were to become law, Vinnichenko predicts “a mass exodus” of LGBT families, including her own.
For New Yorkers, the mass exodus tends to have one destination in mind: The Hamptons.
The Hamptons Hot List: Where to Eat, What to Drink, and How to Get Your Beach on This Summer | Brandon Presser | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut does the talent exodus signal trouble at the paper or only a changed media landscape?
There was no crowding or impeding haste in their dumb exodus.
The Three Partners | Bret HarteFrom the city there was reported exodus of men whose names were enrolled for military service.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonWe saw the blonde behind the wheel and Uncle Peter seated beside her, evidently still protesting the hasty exodus.
"And That's How It Was, Officer" | Ralph SholtoOne hears a frightful lot of nonsense about the Rural exodus and the degeneration wrought by town life upon our population.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsIn a big pastoral exodus like the present, it is simply impossible to keep strays out of moving herds.
Wells Brothers | Andy Adams
British Dictionary definitions for exodus (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɛksədəs) /
the act or an instance of going out
Origin of exodus
1British Dictionary definitions for Exodus (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɛksədəs) /
the Exodus the departure of the Israelites from Egypt led by Moses
the second book of the Old Testament, recounting the events connected with this and the divine visitation of Moses at Mount Sinai
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Exodus
The second book of the Old Testament; it tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt (see also Egypt), made possible by the ten plagues of Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea. Moses led them, and their destination was the Promised Land. God guided them by sending a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to show them the way they should go. God also fed them with manna and gave them water out of a solid rock. Because of their frequent complaining and failure to trust him, however, God made them stay in the desert for forty years before entering the Promised Land. God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of the Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus. Exodus is a Greek word meaning “departure.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse