noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:dĭ-pät'
Received-Pronunciation:/dɪˈpɑːt/
General-American:dĭ-pärt'
General-American:/dɪˈpɑɹt/
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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
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A going away; departure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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3
verb
Meaning 3
To leave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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4
verb
Meaning 4
To set out on a journey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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5
verb
Meaning 5
To die.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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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.
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8
verb
Meaning 8
To go away from; to leave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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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
The envelope protection system allows the pilot to maneuver at high angles of attack without the risk of departing the airplane
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verb
Meaning 10
To divide up; to distribute, share.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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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.
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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
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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
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verb
Meaning 17
be at variance with; be out of line with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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