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 plane 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
depart this life
- to die. People say ‘depart this life’ to avoid saying ‘die’.Topics Life stagesc2