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   depart

   /dɪˈpɑːt/

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   • 1. leave, especially in order to start a journey: "they departed for Germany" Similar leavegogo awaygo offtake one's leavetake oneself offwithdrawabsent oneselfsay one's goodbyesquitmake an exitexitbreak campdecampretreatbeat a retreatretiremake offclear outmake oneself scarcerun offrun awayfleeflyboltset offset outstart outget goingget under waybe on one's wayinformal:make tracksup stickspack one's bagsshove offpush offclear offtake offskedaddlescramsplitscootflitsling one's hookvamoosehightail itcut outformal:repairremoveliterary:betake oneselfrare:abstract oneselfOpposite arrivestay
   • ▪ deviate from (an accepted, prescribed, or usual course of action): "he departed from the precedent set by many" Similar deviatedivergedigressdriftstrayslewveerswerveturn awayturn asidebranch offdiffervarybe differentbe at variance withrun counter tocontrast withcontravenecontradictrare:divagate
   • ▪ leave (one's job): "he will soon depart his post as high commissioner to Britain"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘separate’, also ‘take leave of each other’, hence ‘go away’.

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   What does depart mean in English?

   • depart (for…) (from…) Flights for Rome depart from Terminal 3. She waited until the last of the guests had departed. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app [intransitive, transitive] (North American English) to leave your job

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   What does 'depart this life' mean?

   • The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app [intransitive, transitive] (North American English) to leave your job depart something He departed his job December 16. to die. People say ‘depart this life’ to avoid saying ‘die’.

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   What does it mean to depart from a plane?

   • To depart is to go away or to choose a different direction. If you are catching a plane, you are soon to depart. And, if you are wearing a kilt instead of jeans, you depart from your usual look. Airports and train stations have gates for arrivals and departures. Airplanes and people coming in "arrive" while those going out depart.

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   What is the difference between depart and retire?

   • 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.

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   What is the difference between diverge and depart?

   • depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type. digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse. diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions. The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.

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   Depart is a verb that means to go away or leave, especially on a journey. Learn how to use depart in different contexts, such as formal situations, idioms, and phrasal verbs, with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     DEPART meaning: 1. to go away or leave, especially on a...

   • Znaczenie Depart, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     depart definicja: 1. to go away or leave, especially on a...

   • Depart: Italian Translation

     depart translate: partire, partire, allontanarsi da. Learn...

   • Depart Spanish Translation

     DEPART translate: salir, partir, salir. Learn more in the...

   • Depart: Polish Translation

     DEPART translate: odjeżdżać, wyjeżdżać, odjeżdżać, odchodzić...

   • Depart: Thai Translation

     DEPART translate: จากไป, ออกจาก;ละทิ้ง. Learn more in the...

   • Depart: German Translation

     depart translate: abgehen, ab-/wegfahren, abkommen von....

   • Depart: Korean Translation

     DEPART translate: 떠나다. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   To depart is to go away or to choose a different direction. If you are catching a plane, you are soon to depart. And, if you are wearing a kilt instead of jeans, you depart from your usual look.

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   Depart definition: to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10. See examples of DEPART used in a sentence.

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   Depart is a verb that means to leave a place, especially to start a trip, or to leave your job. Learn how to use it in different contexts, with synonyms, idioms and phrasal verbs.

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   Depart means to go away, leave, or die, or to vary from a regular course. See synonyms, translations, and examples of depart in different contexts and languages.