Depart

Quick meaning: Depart is a verb meaning (intransitive) To leave.

Meaning

(intransitive) To leave.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
2. (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
3. (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
4. (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
5. (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
6. (ambitransitive, aviation) To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)
7. (obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.

Example Sentences

The glory is departed from Israel.

Elizabeth saw her friend depart for Port-Breedy, […]

[…] he that hath no ſtomacke to this feaſt, Let him depart, […]

With very little excuse for departing so abruptly, Ralph left him, […]

Word Forms

• departs
• departing
• departed
• departest
• departedst
• departeth

Synonyms for depart

Depending on context, synonyms include leave, die, deviate, digress, diverge, sidetrack.

Antonyms for depart

Common opposites include arrive, come, stay, live, conform.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include set off, leave, take off, quit, diverge, straggle.

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