• (General American)IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɑɹtɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɑːtɪd/

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• Hyphenation:de‧part‧ed

departed

1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofdepart

departed (notcomparable)

1. Having gone away.

   relics from adeparted era

2. (euphemistic)Dead.

departed (pluraldeparteds)

1. (euphemistic)Synonym ofdead(“those who have died”).
   • 1589, George Puttenham, edited by Edward Arber,The Arte of English Poesie‎^[1], published1869, page63:

     ... and ourTheologians, in stead thereof vie to make sermons, both teaching the people some good learning, and also saying well of thedeparted.

Departed is most commonly used in a religious setting or at a funeral.Deceased is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings.

• drap d'été,petarded,pre-dated,predated

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