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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 byfrom ).

    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 51Թ Forms

  • undeparting adjective
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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While Leicester managed to take their ensemble of departing stars to Twickenham for their "last dance", the final was mostly played to Bath's tune.

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Australia's players, practically to a man, came to shake his hand and Markram departed to a standing ovation.

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The reports sometimes turn out to be false, and immigration enforcers seem to strike and depart with swift precision, leaving the public little opportunity to respond.

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While Elon Musk has departed the Department of Government Efficiency, the world’s richest man is leaving a network of acolytes embedded inside nearly every federal agency.

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The Dodgers did not respond to a message asking whether the team would make any changes that might affect how fans arrive at and depart from games this weekend.

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