exodus

From Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “expedition, procession, departure”). Doublet of exodos. From late Old English only as a proper noun, Exodus, the biblical book; use as a common noun is from the early 17th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksədəs/, /ˈɛɡzədəs/

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exodus (plural exoduses)

1. A sudden departure of a large number of people.

   There was an exodus when the show ended.

   In the movie Submersion of Japan, virtually all Japanese desperately try to find any form of transportation out of Japan in a massive exodus to flee the sinking country.

   a mass exodus

exodus (third-person singular simple present exoduses, present participle exodusing, simple past and past participle exodused)

1. To depart from a place in a large group.

• exodust

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “exodus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• udoxes

From Exodus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.soːˌdʏs/

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• Hyphenation: exo‧dus

exodus m (plural exodussen, diminutive exodusje n)

1. exodus

• uittocht

Unadapted borrowing from Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos). Doublet of exodos.

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsɔ.dus/
• Rhymes: -ɔdus
• Syllabification: e‧xo‧dus
• Homophone: Exodus

exodus m inan

1. (figuratively, literary) exodus (sudden departure of a large number of people)

• exodus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• exodus in Polish dictionaries at PWN