depart
verb
de·part di-ˈpärt 
dē-
departed; departing; departs
intransitive verb
1
a
: to go away : leave
b
: die
2
: to turn aside : deviate
transitive verb
: to go away from : leave
Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
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Example Sentences
The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. Our flight departs at 6:15 a.m. The train departed the station on time. He is departing after 20 years with the company.
Recent Examples on the Web But now these issues are no longer abstract: NASA engineers declared on Monday that the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft will depart on August 29 for an uncrewed mission to orbit the moon. 
Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 In addition to the existing 6:30 a.m. flight, United will also be offering one other nonstop, which will depart at 10:30 a.m. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 The airport, one of Europe’s busiest, said a maximum of 100,000 travelers can depart each day until Oct. 29. BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 But on Friday, European Council President Charles Michel announced that the first shipment by the U.N.’s World Food Program of humanitarian aid for Africa would soon load and then depart. Susie Blann, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022 Three more ships will depart Black Sea ports loaded with food on Friday morning under a grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, officials announced. Paul Best, Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022 In a simpler world, the Scott Boras client might have been presumed to leave, both sides recognize as such and depart with fond memories. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, the head of the Russian space agency indicated the agency has not committed to an exact date to leave the ISS after reports the nation would depart the station after 2024. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2022 In a hardscrabble neighborhood of Tunis, near a strip of beach where migrant boats depart, a smuggling kingpin, who connects migrants with skippers, outlines his brutal calculations in human lives. David Mckenzie, CNN, 22 July 2022 See More
Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 In addition to the existing 6:30 a.m. flight, United will also be offering one other nonstop, which will depart at 10:30 a.m. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 The airport, one of Europe’s busiest, said a maximum of 100,000 travelers can depart each day until Oct. 29. BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 But on Friday, European Council President Charles Michel announced that the first shipment by the U.N.’s World Food Program of humanitarian aid for Africa would soon load and then depart. Susie Blann, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022 Three more ships will depart Black Sea ports loaded with food on Friday morning under a grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, officials announced. Paul Best, Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022 In a simpler world, the Scott Boras client might have been presumed to leave, both sides recognize as such and depart with fond memories. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, the head of the Russian space agency indicated the agency has not committed to an exact date to leave the ISS after reports the nation would depart the station after 2024. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2022 In a hardscrabble neighborhood of Tunis, near a strip of beach where migrant boats depart, a smuggling kingpin, who connects migrants with skippers, outlines his brutal calculations in human lives. David Mckenzie, CNN, 22 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, to divide, part company, from Anglo-French departir, from de- + partir to divide, from Latin partire, from part-, pars part
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
Phrases Containing depart
Kids Definition
depart
verb
de·part di-ˈpärt
departed; departing
1
: to go away or go away from : leave They departed school for home.
2
: to turn away from
Do not depart from your chosen path.
Legal Definition
depart
intransitive verb
de·part
: to fail to follow : deviate from a course or standard
rather than sentencing petitioners to a term within the Guideline range, however, the District Court departed downward eight levels Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81 (1996)departing 1 of 3
noun
as in departure
the act of leaving a place his departing was accompanied by tears and heartfelt good wishes Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- departure
- exiting
- going
- exodus
- parting
- leave
- quitting
- evacuation
- flight
- withdrawal
- farewell
- walking out
- decamping
- exit
- retirement
- leave-taking
- decampment
- lighting out
- emigration
- outgo
- running away
- embarkation
- retreat
- disembarkation
- diaspora
- forsaking
- abandonment
- embarkment
- egress
- relinquishment
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- arrival
- appearance
- advent
- coming
- approach
- entrance
- ingress
departing
2 of 3adjective
as in leaving
Synonyms & Similar Words
- leaving
- closing
- parting
- concluding
- farewell
- final
- last
- ultimate
- valedictory
departing
3 of 3verb
1
as in exiting
to leave a place often for another I'll sing one more song before I depart Synonyms & Similar Words
- exiting
- moving
- parting
- going
- getting
- fleeing
- starting
- evacuating
- flying
- retiring
- escaping
- quitting
- bailing
- withdrawing
- running along
- booking
- scarpering
- pulling out
- getting off
- taking off
- emigrating
- retreating
- pushing off
- going off
- walking out
- digging out
- cutting out
- peeling off
- pushing on
- clearing out
- clearing off
- bugging out
- bailing out
- skipping
- beating it
- taking a hike
- abandoning
- vamoosing
- deserting
- buggering off
- bugging off
- taking a powder
- taking a walk
- removing
- stepping (along)
- pulling stakes
- hitting the road
- shoving (off)
- sallying (forth)
- pulling up stakes
- vacating
- absconding
- setting out
- buzzing (off)
- decamping
- striking out
- running away
- forsaking
- packing (up or off)
- getting out
- piking (out or off)
- going out
- scatting
- scramming
- mizzling
- stepping out
- adjourning
- lighting out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- coming
- arriving
- remaining
- staying
- approaching
- turning up
- closing
- settling
- abiding
- dwelling
- lodging
- nearing
- reaching
- tarrying
- hitting
- showing up
- landing
2
as in dying
to stop living a special tribute for those members of the motion picture academy who have departed over the past year Synonyms & Similar Words
- dying
- perishing
- falling
- exiting
- parting
- expiring
- ending
- disappearing
- succumbing
- demising
- going
- deceasing
- fading
- passing away
- buying it
- checking out
- dropping
- popping off
- stepping out
- kicking off
- croaking
- kicking in
- snuffing it
- pegging out
- flatlining
- buying the farm
- giving up the ghost
- predeceasing
- kicking the bucket
- failing
- passing (on)
- biting the dust
- consuming
- conking (out)
- drying up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- living
- existing
- being
- reviving
- breathing
- lingering
- subsisting
- coming to
- prospering
- flourishing
- thriving