depart
verb/dɪˈpɑːt/
/dɪˈpɑːrt/
(rather formal)Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they depart | /dɪˈpɑːt/ /dɪˈpɑːrt/ |
| he / she / it departs | /dɪˈpɑːts/ /dɪˈpɑːrts/ |
| past simple departed | /dɪˈpɑːtɪd/ /dɪˈpɑːrtɪd/ |
| past participle departed | /dɪˈpɑːtɪd/ /dɪˈpɑːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form departing | /dɪˈpɑːtɪŋ/ /dɪˈpɑːrtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to leave a place, especially to start a trip
- depart (for…) (from…) Flights for Rome depart from Terminal 3.
- She waited until the last of the guests had departed.
- depart something (North American English) The train departed Amritsar at 6.15 p.m.
Extra Examples- He departs for New York tomorrow morning.
- The plane was scheduled to depart at 8.30.
- The flight was scheduled to depart later that day.
- They shook hands all round and prepared to depart.
- We depart from Heathrow at ten o'clock tonight.
- Most of the tourists had departed the area.
- This train will depart in three minutes.
- You must depart for England immediately.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + depart- be due to
- be scheduled to
- be waiting to
- …
- for
- from
- [intransitive, transitive] (North American English) to leave your job
- the departing president
- depart something He departed his job December 16.
Extra Examples- He departed the troubled firm after less than a year in the post.
- Giving a large pay-off to a departing executive may be seen as rewarding failure.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + depart- be due to
- be scheduled to
- be waiting to
- …
- for
- from
see also departure
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘separate’, also ‘take leave of each other’, hence ‘go away’.
Idioms
See depart in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee depart in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishdepart this life
- to die. People say ‘depart this life’ to avoid saying ‘die’.Topics Life stagesc2
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