depart
UK /dɪˈpɑːt/ · US /dɪˈpɑɹt/ verb, noun
Forms departs departing departed departest departedst departeth
- verb (intransitive) To leave.
- verb (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
- verb (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- verb (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
- verb (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform. “His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.”
- verb (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
- verb (ambitransitive, aviation) To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object) “The envelope protection system allows the pilot to maneuver at high angles of attack without the risk of departing the airplane”
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.
- noun (obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.
- noun (obsolete) A going away; departure.
Synonyms
leave die deviate digress diverge sidetrack straggle vary go go away part start start out set forth set off set out take off take leave quit pull up stakes
Antonyms
Etymology
From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To part; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Shak.
- verb To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; --opposed to arrive; --often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination.
- verb To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.]
- verb To divide in order to share; to apportion. [Obs.]
Etymology [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. départir to divide, distribute, se départir to separate one's self, depart; pref. dé- (L. de) + partir to part, depart, fr. L. partire, partiri, to divide, fr. pars part. See Part.]
Etymology [Cf. F. départ, fr. départir.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “depart”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details