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depart

/dɪˈpɑɹt/

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What does depart mean?

verb

  1. To leave.
  2. To set out on a journey.
  3. To die.
More meanings (8)

verb

  1. (figuratively) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
  2. To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
  3. To go away from; to leave.
  4. To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)
  5. (obsolete) To divide up; to distribute, share.
  6. (obsolete) To separate, part.

noun

  1. (obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.
  2. (obsolete) A going away; departure.

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IPA pronunciation

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The minister had inquired of Hester, with no little interest, the precise time at which the vessel might be expected to depart.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet LetterProject Gutenberg ebook #33
I cannot tell if to depart in silence Or bitterly to speak in your reproof Best fitteth my degree or your condition.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
More book examples (3)
The Inman steamer did not depart till the next day, and could not cross the Atlantic in time to save the wager.
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
But on the morrow Redhead departed from Goldburg with his men, and he loth to depart, and they gave him farewell lovingly.
William MorrisThe Well at the World's End: A TaleProject Gutenberg ebook #169
And now I forgot the secret stranger ready to depart, and remembered only that I was a total stranger to the ship.
Joseph ConradThe Secret SharerProject Gutenberg ebook #220