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depart

noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: dĭ-pät'
  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɑːt/
  • General-American: dĭ-pärt'
  • General-American: /dɪˈpɑɹt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 P AA1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Division; separation, as of compound substances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A going away; departure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To leave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To set out on a journey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To die.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.
  • to depart from a title or defence in legal pleading
  • 1788, James Madison, “Number 39,” in Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, The Federalist, On the New Constitution, Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1818, p. 204, If the plan of the convention, therefore, be found to depart from the republican character, its advocates must abandon it as no longer defensible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To go away from; to leave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • The envelope protection system allows the pilot to maneuver at high angles of attack without the risk of departing the airplane

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To divide up; to distribute, share.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To separate, part.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

Examples

  • 1582, Stephen Batman (translator), Batman vppon Bartholome his booke De proprietatibus rerum, London: Thomas East, Book 5, Chapter 26, “Of the shoulders,” The twisted forkes [i.e. fork-shaped bones] be néedfull to binde the shoulders, and to depart them from the breast.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

move away from a place into another direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Go away before I start to cry
  • The train departs at noon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: go, go away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exit, go out, get out, leave

Narrower terms: shove off, shove along, blow

13

verb

Meaning 13

go away or leave

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: take leave, quit

Antonyms: stay

Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away

Narrower terms: walk out of, congee, beat a retreat, plump out, decamp, break camp

14

verb

Meaning 14

leave

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The family took off for Florida

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away

Narrower terms: take off, lift off, roar off, blaze, blaze out, sally forth, sally out

15

verb

Meaning 15

wander from a direct or straight course

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sidetrack, digress, straggle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deviate, divert

16

verb

Meaning 16

remove oneself from an association with or participation in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leave, pull up stakes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: leave office, quit, step down, resign, drop out

17

verb

Meaning 17

be at variance with; be out of line with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deviate, vary, diverge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: differ

Narrower terms: aberrate, contradict, belie, negate

History

Etymology

From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

Across languages

Translations

219 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vertrek — to leave
  • Albanian: Nisem — to leave
  • Albanian: largohem — to leave
  • Albanian: Iki — to leave
  • Arabic: غَادَرَ (ḡādara) — to leave
  • Arabic: رَحَلَ (raḥala) — to leave
  • Armenian: հեռանալ (heṙanal) — to leave
  • Armenian: գնալ (gnal) — to leave
  • Armenian: մեկնել (meknel) — to leave
  • Belarusian: адпраўля́цца (adprawljácca) — to leave
  • Belarusian: адпра́віцца (adprávicca) — to leave
  • Bulgarian: напускам (napuskam) — to leave
  • Bulgarian: тръгвам (trǎgvam) — to leave
  • Bulgarian: отивам си (otivam si) — to leave
  • Burmese: ထွက် (htwak) — to leave
  • Catalan: departir — to leave
  • Catalan: deixar — to leave
  • Chichewa: kupita — to leave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 離開 /离开 (líkāi) — to leave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啟程 /启程 (qǐchéng) — to leave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出發 /出发 (chūfā) — to leave
  • Czech: vyrazit — to leave
  • Czech: odcestovat — to leave
  • Czech: odejít — to leave
  • Czech: odjet — to leave
  • Czech: odletět — to leave
  • Dutch: vertrekken — to leave
  • Esperanto: deiri — to leave
  • Esperanto: foriri — to leave
  • Esperanto: eliri — to leave
  • Estonian: lahkuma — to leave
  • Faroese: fara avstað — to leave
  • Finnish: lähteä — to leave
  • French: partir — to leave
  • Friulian: partî — to leave
  • German: verlassen — to leave
  • German: aufbrechen — to leave
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (galeiþan) — to leave
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afgiban) — to leave
  • Greek: αναχωρώ (anachoró) — to leave
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō) — to leave
  • Ancient Greek: ἄπειμι (ápeimi) — to leave
  • Hebrew: עָזַב (azáv) — to leave
  • Hindi: जाना (jānā) — to leave
  • Hindi: रवाना (ravānā) — to leave
  • Ido: departar — to leave
  • Indonesian: berangkat — to leave
  • Italian: partire — to leave
  • Italian: andar via — to leave
  • Italian: allontanarsi — to leave
  • Italian: dipartire — to leave
  • Japanese: 出発する (shuppatsu suru) — to leave
  • Japanese: 立ち去る (tachisaru) — to leave
  • Japanese: 発車する (hassha suru) — to leave
  • Kaitag: ттура́ бурха́ра (tturá burꭓára) — to leave
  • Khmer: ឃ្លាត (kliet) — to leave
  • Korean: 출발하다 (chulbalhada) — to leave
  • Central Kurdish: کۆچ کردن (koç kirdin) — to leave
  • Central Kurdish: بەسەرچوون (beserçûn) — to leave
  • Ladin: partir — to leave
  • Lao: ຈາກ (chāk) — to leave
  • Latgalian: laistīs — to leave
  • Latgalian: īsalaist — to leave
  • Latgalian: nūīt — to leave
  • Latin: proficiscor — to leave
  • Latin: abeo — to leave
  • Latin: exeo — to leave
  • Latin: abambulo — to leave
  • Latin: abscedo — to leave
  • Latin: decedo — to leave
  • Latin: discedo — to leave
  • Latin: digredior — to leave
  • Latin: descisco — to leave
  • Latvian: doties — to leave
  • Latvian: aiziet — to leave
  • Malay: bertolak — to leave
  • Malay: berangkat — to leave
  • Māori: paratī — to leave
  • Māori: rewa — to leave
  • Māori: maiki — to leave
  • Māori: haere — to leave
  • Māori: marewa — to leave
  • Māori: wehe — to leave
  • Māori: whakakopa — to leave
  • Middle English: faren — to leave
  • Classical Nahuatl: ēhua — to leave
  • Nepali: जानु (jānu) — to leave
  • Old English: lēoran — to leave
  • Old English: wendan — to leave
  • Old English: fēran — to leave
  • Old English: scacan — to leave
  • Old English: ġewītan — to leave
  • Polish: wyjeżdżać — to leave
  • Polish: wyjechać — to leave
  • Polish: wychodzić — to leave
  • Polish: wyjść — to leave
  • Polish: wylatywać — to leave
  • Polish: wylecieć — to leave
  • Polish: odjeżdżać — to leave
  • Polish: odjechać — to leave
  • Polish: odchodzić — to leave
  • Polish: odejść — to leave
  • Polish: odlatywać — to leave
  • Polish: odlecieć — to leave
  • Polish: opuszczać — to leave
  • Polish: opuścić — to leave
  • Portuguese: partir — to leave
  • Portuguese: sair — to leave
  • Quechua: lluqsiy — to leave
  • Romanian: pleca — to leave
  • Russian: отправля́ться (otpravljátʹsja) — to leave
  • Russian: отпра́виться (otprávitʹsja) — to leave
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàg — to leave
  • Scottish Gaelic: falbh — to leave
  • Serbo-Croatian: отпутовати — to leave
  • Serbo-Croatian: otputovati — to leave
  • Sicilian: partiri — to leave
  • Slovak: odísť — to leave
  • Slovak: odcestovať — to leave
  • Spanish: irse — to leave
  • Spanish: salir — to leave
  • Spanish: partir — to leave
  • Spanish: zarpar — to leave
  • Spanish: partirse — to leave
  • Sundanese: angkat — to leave
  • Swedish: avgå — to leave
  • Swedish: avlägsna sig — to leave
  • Swedish: avresa — to leave
  • Swedish: gå — to leave
  • Swedish: köra sin väg — to leave
  • Swedish: resa — to leave
  • Tagalog: umalís — to leave
  • Tamil: கிளம்பு (kiḷampu) — to leave
  • Tamil: செல் (cel) — to leave
  • Tamil: புறப்படு (puṟappaṭu) — to leave
  • Thai: จาก (jàak) — to leave
  • Tocharian B: mit- — to leave
  • Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to leave
  • Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎁𐎓 (tbʿ) — to leave
  • Ukrainian: відправля́тися (vidpravljátysja) — to leave
  • Ukrainian: відпра́витися (vidprávytysja) — to leave
  • Urdu: روانہ ہونا (ravānā honā) — to leave
  • Venetan: partir — to leave
  • Vietnamese: ra đi — to leave
  • Vietnamese: đi — to leave
  • Vietnamese: rời khỏi — to leave
  • Yiddish: אַוועקפֿאָרן (avekforn) — to leave
  • Afrikaans: heengaan — to die
  • Armenian: վաճխանվել (vačxanvel) — to die
  • Azerbaijani: köçmək — to die
  • Bulgarian: умирам (umiram) — to die
  • Chichewa: kupita — to die
  • Dutch: heengaan — to die
  • Finnish: kuolla — to die
  • French: s’en aller — to die
  • German: verlassen — to die
  • Hebrew: מת (met) — to die
  • Central Kurdish: کۆچی دوایی کردن (koçî dwayî kirdin) — to die
  • Latin: abeo — to die
  • Middle English: faren — to die
  • Old English: lēoran — to die
  • Old English: wendan — to die
  • Old English: faran — to die
  • Portuguese: partir — to die
  • Romanian: muri — to die
  • Russian: сконча́ться (skončátʹsja) — to die
  • Spanish: pasar a mejor vida — to die
  • Spanish: fallecer — to die
  • Swedish: avlida — to die
  • Swedish: dö — to die
  • Afrikaans: afwyk — to deviate
  • Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) — to deviate
  • Dutch: afwijken — to deviate
  • Finnish: poiketa — to deviate
  • French: dévier — to deviate
  • German: abweichen — to deviate
  • Hebrew: סטה (satá) — to deviate
  • Hebrew: חרג (kharág) — to deviate
  • Italian: deviare da — to deviate
  • Japanese: 離れる — to deviate
  • Portuguese: desviar — to deviate
  • Russian: отклоня́ться (otklonjátʹsja) — to deviate
  • Russian: отклони́ться (otklonítʹsja) — to deviate
  • Spanish: desviarse de — to deviate
  • Spanish: separarse de — to deviate
  • Swedish: avvika — to deviate
  • Swedish: skilja sig — to deviate
  • Afrikaans: vertrek — to go away from
  • Afrikaans: verlaat — to go away from
  • Bulgarian: заминавам (zaminavam) — to go away from
  • Dutch: verlaten — to go away from
  • Finnish: lähteä — to go away from
  • French: quitter — to go away from
  • Hebrew: נפרד (nifrád) — to go away from
  • Hebrew: עזב (azáv) — to go away from
  • Italian: partire da — to go away from
  • Italian: andar via da — to go away from
  • Italian: allontanarsi da — to go away from
  • Central Kurdish: کۆچ کردن (koç kirdin) — to go away from
  • Central Kurdish: بەسەرچوون (beserçûn) — to go away from
  • Latin: abeo — to go away from
  • Latin: exeo — to go away from
  • Latin: abambulo — to go away from
  • Latin: abscedo — to go away from
  • Latin: decedo — to go away from
  • Latin: discedo — to go away from
  • Latin: digredior — to go away from
  • Māori: marewa — to go away from
  • Māori: wehe — to go away from
  • Portuguese: partir — to go away from
  • Portuguese: afastar-se de — to go away from
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàg — to go away from
  • Spanish: escaparse de — to go away from
  • Spanish: salir de — to go away from
  • Spanish: arrancarse de — to go away from
  • Spanish: abandonar — to go away from
  • Swedish: avlägsna sig från — to go away from
  • Swedish: lämna — to go away from
  • Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to go away from
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