depart Definition
de·part (dē pärt′, di-)
intransitive verb
- to go away (from); leave
- to set out; start
- to die
- to turn aside (from) to depart from custom
Etymology: ME departen < OFr departir < VL departire, to divide, separate, for L dispartire < dis-, apart + partire, to divide < pars (see part): orig. vt., to divide
transitive verb
to leave flight 10 departs Chicago at 2 P.M.
noun
Obsolete a departure
depart Idioms
depart this life
to die
depart Synonyms
depart
v.
depart Usage Examples
Object
- stromness: Hamnavoe departed Stromness at 0900 to arrive in Scrabster at 1030 this morning.
- min: Last bus: The last bus departs 30 mins after the close of the Market each day.
- soul: The departed souls of many great warriors, who died defending the Pass, lie there.
- passenger: It is also an optional airport transfer for departing passengers on afternoon flights to London Heathrow or Manchester.
- minute: It departs every 10 minutes from outside the terminal building.
- aircraft: The new flight paths were proposed for safety reasons to separate arriving and departing aircraft.
Preposition: at
- hrs: The ship departs at 14.00 hrs DAY 4 Arrive Budapest 08.00 hrs.
- interval: Groups will depart at approx 2minute intervals along Lime Grove Avenue.
Adjective complement
daily: I work at Gatwick and we have loads departing daily.
Modifying Another Word
- dearly: HENRY We do our best to present the dearly departed in an appropriate manner.
- dear: But as he sets out to bury his dear departed wife in fitting style, nothing quite goes to plan.
- sadly: I would like to share with you some of my memories of our friend and neighbor who sadly departed from life too early.
- radically: This is where the Gnostic with his mythic approach departs radically from his orthodox counterparts.
Preposition: after
breakfast: DAY 4: Depart after breakfast for the homeward journey.
Preposition: in
peace: Al-Welid, touched at the sight, let them depart in peace, and forbade Al-Hajjaj to interfere.
Preposition: from
- norm: How many others, now lost, departed from the norm?
- airport: However all 26 domestic flights due to depart from the airport have been canceled, with the exclusion of flights from Jersey.
- terminal: Mull and Iona Tour This tour departs from the ferry terminal in Oban.
Preposition: for
journey: DAY 4: Time to depart for the homeward journey.
Preposition: by
train: You might like to consider ' letting the train take the strain ' and arrive and depart by train.
Browse dictionary entries near depart
- ‹ dep
- ‹ deoxyribose
- ‹ deoxyribonucleic acid
- ‹ deoxygenate
- ‹ deoxycorticosterone
- ‹ deoxy-
- ‹ deoxidize
- ‹ deontology
- ‹ deodorizer
- ‹ deodorize

