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depart

[ dih-pahrt ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to go away; leave:

    She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.

    Antonyms:

  2. to diverge or deviate (usually followed by from ):

    The new method departs from the old in several respects.

  3. to pass away, as from life or existence; die.


verb (used with object)

  1. to go away from; leave:

    to depart this life.

    Synonyms:

noun

  1. Archaic. departure; death.

depart

/ ɪˈɑː /

verb

  1. to go away; leave
  2. to start out; set forth
  3. usually foll by from to deviate; differ; vary

    to depart from normal procedure

  4. tr to quit (archaic, except in the phrase depart this life )
“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
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲd·貹iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of depart1

1175–1225; Middle English departen < Old French departir, equivalent to de- de- + partir to go away; part ( v. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of depart1

C13: from Old French departir, from de- + partir to go away, divide, from Latin 貹īī to divide, distribute, from pars a part
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Synonym Study

Depart, retire, retreat, withdraw imply leaving a place. Depart is a somewhat literary word for going away from a place: to depart on a journey. Retire emphasizes absenting oneself or drawing back from a place: to retire from a position in battle. Retreat implies a necessary withdrawal, especially as a result of adverse fortune in war: to retreat to secondary lines of defense. Withdraw suggests leaving some specific place or situation, usually for some definite and often unpleasant reason: to withdraw from a hopeless task.
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Example Sentences

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The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales is set to depart on one of its biggest deployments yet.

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Delta flight 1213 was set to depart Orlando, famous as the home of Disneyworld, for Atlanta with almost 300 people on board.

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“Trump is defying a Supreme Court order to bring Kilmar home,” Garcia said Sunday just before departing Washington for El Salvador.

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It has been a long, hard season for Plymouth Argyle, who had won just four of 23 Championship matches when Wayne Rooney departed in December.

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The Gatwick spokesperson says the airport is "the world's most efficient single-runway airport, with flights departing or arriving every 55 seconds".

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