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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 )
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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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" we did was remove children with their mothers who requested the children depart with them. There's a parental decision."

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Official forecasts estimate 5,400 migrants have been prevented from arriving in the UK on small boats through returns, arrests or and individuals being prevented from departing France.

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Some 96 departing flights from Portuguese airports have been grounded so far, with the country's capital city airport in Lisbon worst affected.

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Aviation data company Cirium said 96 flights departing from Portugal - and 45 from Spain - had been cancelled.

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Firstly, because without that feedback link the higher levels of the management system are working in an information environment which will inevitably depart from reality.

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