depart

UK: /dɪˈpɑː^rt/ US: /dɪˈpɑrt/ ,(di pärt′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•part /dɪˈpɑrt/   v. 

1. to go away;
   leave: [no obj]:
   The train never departs on time.
   [ ~ + from + obj]:
   This train departs from Grand Central Station.
   [ ~ + obj]:
   Your train departs Stockholm at 0600 and arrives at Oslo at 16:30.
2. [ ~ + from + obj] to be different;
   differ;
   diverge:
   Our method departs from theirs in several respects.
3. [ ~ + from + obj] to pass away;
   die:
   He departed from this life at an early age.

See -par-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•part  (di pärt′), v.i. 

1. to go away;
   leave:
   She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
2. to diverge or deviate (usually fol. by from):
   The new method departs from the old in several respects.
3. to pass away, as from life or existence;
   die.

v.t. 

4. to go away from;
   leave:
   to depart this life.

n. 

5. [Archaic.] departure;
   death.

• Old French departir, equivalent. to de- de- + partir to go away; see part (verb, verbal)
• Middle English departen 1175–1225

Synonyms

• 1. Depart, retire, retreat, withdraw imply leaving a place.
  Depart is a somewhat literary word for going away from a place:
  to depart on a journey.
  Retire emphasizes absenting oneself or drawing back from a place:
  to retire from a position in battle.
  Retreat implies a necessary withdrawal, esp. as a result of adverse fortune in war:
  to retreat to secondary lines of defense.
  Withdraw suggests leaving some specific place or situation, usually for some definite and often unpleasant reason:
  to withdraw from a hopeless task.
• 4. quit.

Antonyms

• 1. arrive.

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depart / dɪˈpɑːt/ verb (mainly intr)

1. to go away; leave
2. to start out; set forth
3. (usually followed by from) to deviate; differ; vary: to depart from normal procedure
4. (transitive) to quit (archaic, except in the phrase depart this life)

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French departir, from de- + partir to go away, divide, from Latin partīrī to divide, distribute, from pars a part