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de·part

 (dĭ-pärt′)
v.de·part·ed,de·part·ing,de·parts
v.intr.
1. To go away; leave:I depart for the islands at noon.
2. To die.
3. To vary, as from a regular course; deviate:depart from custom. See Synonyms at swerve.
v.tr.
To go away from; leave:"I departed the oppressive building quickly ... without a backward glance"(Joyce Carol Oates).

[Middle Englishdeparten, from Old Frenchdepartir,to split, divide :de-,de- +partir,to divide (from Latinpartīre, frompars, part-,part; see part).]
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depart

(dɪˈpɑːt)
vb (mainly intr)
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 phrasedepart this life)
[C13: from Old Frenchdepartir, from de- +partir to go away, divide, from Latinpartīrī to divide, distribute, frompars a part]
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de•part

(dɪˈpɑrt)

v.i.
1. to go away; leave.
2. to diverge or deviate (usu. fol. byfrom): Our method departs from theirs.
3. to pass away, as from life or existence; die.
v.t.
4. to go away from; leave.
n.
[1175–1225; Middle English: to part company, divide, split < Old Frenchdepartir=de-de- +partir to go away]
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depart


Past participle:departed
Gerund:departing

Imperative
depart
depart
Present
I depart
you depart
he/she/it departs
we depart
you depart
they depart
Preterite
I departed
you departed
he/she/it departed
we departed
you departed
they departed
Present Continuous
I am departing
you are departing
he/she/it is departing
we are departing
you are departing
they are departing
Present Perfect
I have departed
you have departed
he/she/it has departed
we have departed
you have departed
they have departed
Past Continuous
I was departing
you were departing
he/she/it was departing
we were departing
you were departing
they were departing
Past Perfect
I had departed
you had departed
he/she/it had departed
we had departed
you had departed
they had departed
Future
I will depart
you will depart
he/she/it will depart
we will depart
you will depart
they will depart
Future Perfect
I will have departed
you will have departed
he/she/it will have departed
we will have departed
you will have departed
they will have departed
Future Continuous
I will be departing
you will be departing
he/she/it will be departing
we will be departing
you will be departing
they will be departing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been departing
you have been departing
he/she/it has been departing
we have been departing
you have been departing
they have been departing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been departing
you will have been departing
he/she/it will have been departing
we will have been departing
you will have been departing
they will have been departing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been departing
you had been departing
he/she/it had been departing
we had been departing
you had been departing
they had been departing
Conditional
I would depart
you would depart
he/she/it would depart
we would depart
you would depart
they would depart
Past Conditional
I would have departed
you would have departed
he/she/it would have departed
we would have departed
you would have departed
they would have departed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.depart - move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
shove along,shove off,blow - leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
exit,get out,go out,leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
2.depart - be at variance withdepart - be at variance with; be out of line with
aberrate - diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"
aberrate - diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"
belie,contradict,negate - be in contradiction with
differ - be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"
3.depart - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
go forth,leave,go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
lift off,take off - depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"
roar off - leave; "The car roared off into the fog"
blaze out,blaze - move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space"
sally forth,sally out - set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner
4.depart - go away or leave
walk out of - leave, usually as an expression of disapproval
congee - depart after obtaining formal permission; "He has congeed with the King"
beat a retreat - depart hastily
go forth,leave,go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
plump out - depart suddenly; "He plumped out of the house"
break camp,decamp - leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"
stay - remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
5.depart - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
go forth,leave,go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
leave office,step down,quit,resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
drop out - leave school or an educational program prematurely; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"
6.depart - wander from a direct or straight course
deviate,divert - turn aside; turn away from
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

depart

verb
1.leave,go,withdraw,retire,disappear,quit,retreat,exit,go away,vanish,absent (yourself),start out,migrate,set forth,take (your) leave,decamp,hook it(slang),slope off,pack your bags(informal),make tracks,bog off(Brit. slang)In the morning Mr McDonald departed for Sydney.
leaveremain,stay,arrive,turn up,show up(informal)
2.deviate,vary,differ,stray,veer,swerve,diverge,digress,turn asideIt takes a brave cook to depart radically from the traditional menu.(Chiefly U.S.)
3.resign,leave,quit,step down(informal),give in your notice,call it a dayor night,vacate your postA number of staff departed during her reign as manager.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

depart

verb
1.To move or proceed away from a place:
2.To cease living:
Informal:pop off.
Idioms:bite the dust,breathe one's last,cash in,give up the ghost, go to one's grave,kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond,turn up one's toes.
3.To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct:
Archaic:err.
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Translations
يَرْحَلُيُغادِر، يَنْطَلِقيَنْحَرِف عَن
odjetodchýlit se
afgåafrejseafvigebryde medrejse
lähteä
odlaziti
fara, leggja af staîhverfa frá
出発する
출발하다
išvykimasišvyktinukrypti
aizbrauktaizietnovirzīties
oditi
avgå
ออกเดินทาง
ayrılmakhareket etmekkalkmaksapmak
khởi hành

depart

[dɪˈpɑːt]
A.VI [person] →partir,irse,marcharse (from de) [train etc] →salir (at, for, from a para de)to depart from [+custom, truth etc] →apartarse de,desviarse de
the train is about to departel tren estáa punto desalir
B.VTto depart this lifeor this world (liter or hum) →dejar estemundo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

depart

[dɪˈpɑːrt]vi
(=leave) →partir
to depart for →partir pour
to depart from →partir de
to depart from sth (=stray from) [+custom, habit] →s'écarter de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

depart

vi
(= go away)weggehen; (on journey) →abreisen; (by bus, car etc) →wegfahren;(train, bus etc)abfahren;hedeparts for Rome tomorrow morningerreistmorgenfrüh nachRom ab;the busdeparts from the bus stationderBusfährtvomor amBusbahnhof ab;the train at platform 6departing for …derZug aufBahnsteig 6 nach …;guests are asked to sign the register before theydepartGästewerdengebeten, vor derAbreise einenMeldezettelauszufüllen;to be ready todepart(person)start-orabfahrbereit sein;the visitors were about todepartdieGäste waren imBegriffaufzubrechen;todepart on one’s way(liter, old)sichaufmachen,aufbrechen
(= deviate: from opinion etc) →abweichen (from von)
vt
(train, bus etc)abfahren aus
(liter)todepart this earthor lifeaus dieserWeltor diesemLebenscheiden(liter)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

depart

[dɪˈpɑːt]vito depart (from) (train) →partire (da); (person) →andar via (da),allontanarsi (da)
to depart from tradition/the truth →scostarsi dallatradizione/dallaverità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

depart

(diˈpaːt) verb
1. to go away.The tour departed from the station at 9 a.m. vertrek يُغادِر، يَنْطَلِق тръгвам partir odjetabgehen, ab-/wegfahren rejse; afgåαναχωρώpartir,salir lahkuma ترک کردن؛ عازم شدن lähteäpartir לָצֵאת לָדֶרֶך प्रस्थान करना otići, otputovati elutazik, elindul berangkat fara, leggja af staðpartire 出発する 출발하다 išvykti aiziet; aizbraukt pergivertrekkendra,reise, odjeżdżać, odchodzić itd. روانېدل: مړكېدل partir a plecaотбывать odísť oditi otići avresa, avgå จากไปkalkmak, hareket etmek 起程 від'їжджати; вирушати رخصت ہونا khởi hành起程
2. (withfrom) to cease to follow (a course of action).We departed from our original plan. afwyk van يَنْحَرِف عَن спирам afastar-se odchýlit se abkommen von afvige; bryde medπαρεκκλίνωapartarse, alejarse de kõrvale kalduma دور شدن از؛ منحرف شدن از poiketas'écarter de לִסטוֹת, לַחֲרוֹג से हटना odstupati eltér (vmitől) menyimpang hverfa fráallontanarsi da それる 벗어나다 nukrypti novirzīties berangkatafwijkenavvike,fravike odstępować مړكېدلafastar-se a se îndepărta deотступать odchýliť sa odstopiti (od česa) odstupiti frångå ออกจาก;ละทิ้งayrılmak, sapmak 違反 ухилятися; відмовлятися انحراف کرنا ngừng tiến hành违反
deˈparture (-tʃə) noun
an act of departing.The departure of the train was delayed. vertrek رَحيل، مُغادَرَه، إنْطِلاق тръгване partida odjezd die Abfahrt afrejse; afgang; afskedαναχώρησηpartida,marcha,salida lahkumine عزیمت؛ انحراف lähtödépartעזיבה प्रस्थान odlazak (el)indulás keberangkatan brottförpartenza 出発 출발 išvykimas aiziešana; aizbraukšana; novirzīšanās keberangkatanvertrekavskjed,avgang,avreiseodjazd,odlot روانېدنه، له يو ځاى څخه څوځېدنه (په سفر)، عزيمت، مرګ، انحراف partida plecareотправление odchod odhod polazak avresa, avfärd, avgång การออกเดินทางkalkış,hareket 啟程 відправлення; відхід روانگی sự khởi hành启程
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depart

يَرْحَلُ odjet afrejseabreisenαναχωρώpartir lähteäpartir odlazitipartire 出発する 출발하다vertrekkenreiseodejśćpartirотправляться avgå ออกเดินทางayrılmak khởi hành出发
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