Exodus

Quick meaning: Exodus is a noun meaning A sudden departure of a large number of people.

Meaning

A sudden departure of a large number of people.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To depart from a place in a large group.

Example Sentences

At 18ʰ00′, 21 minutes before sunset, the migrants started to depart in waves as already described for other exodi; […]

Further, rural exodus, especially among young generations who refuse to engage themselves in hard, misremunerated agricultural work, is also a cause of the current crisis.

While this report acknowledged that resentment of military conscription without the provision of political rights was one reason for the exodus, it went on to recommend that the entire colonial system in Algeria needed reform to prevent future exodi.

That Artapanus was able to give the name of the pharaoh involved in his version of the story shows that this was known in his time (ca 250 BCE) and that the amalgamation of the different exodi into one epic must have taken place around that time or later.

Word Forms

• exoduses
• exodusses
• exodi
• exodusing
• exodused

Synonyms for exodus

Depending on context, synonyms include hejira, hegira.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hejira, hegira, collective, mass, immigration, emigration.

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