departure en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”). By surface analysis, depart + -ure.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of departing or something that has departed.
The departure was scheduled for noon.
The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure.
2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:But the outstanding feature of the new timetable arrangement, additional to the standardised departure times, is the number of intermediate points, in addition to such principal cities as Bristol, Plymouth, Cardiff and Birmingham, that now have departures for Paddington at the same minutes past the hour throughout the day.
1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:
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(countable, uncountable) A deviation from a plan or procedure.
any departure from a national standard
1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
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(countable, euphemistic, uncountable) A death.
His timely departure […] barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries.
a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:The time of my departure is at hand.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 4:6:
- (countable, qualifier:navigation, uncountable) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
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(countable, uncountable) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
The area is computed by latitudes and departures.
- (countable, uncountable) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Division; separation; putting away.
no other remedy […] but absolute departure
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| departures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
point of departure · time of departure · nondeparture · predeparture · postdeparture · departure gate · estimated time of departure · departure tax · departure lounge · departure time · hold-departure order
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (184)
it dipartita (death) · el αναχώρηση (death) · ro plecare (the act of departing) · cmn 出發 /出发 (the act of departing) · tg рафтан (the act of departing) · kk жөнелу (the act of departing) · fa-ira عَزیمَت (the act of departing) · it punto di svolta (deviation from a plan or procedure) · pl odstępstwo (deviation from a plan or procedure) · nb avvik (deviation from a plan or procedure) · sq nisje (the act of departing) · is brottför (the act of departing) · got 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 (death) · acw إقْلَاع (the act of departing) · ru смерть (death) · ru кончи́на (death) · es ida (the act of departing) · de Sterben (death) · bg тръ́гване (the act of departing) · la abitio (death) · mn мордох (the act of departing) · fi poismeno (death) · bn প্রস্থান (the act of departing) · ar إقْلَاع (the act of departing) · uk відпра́влення (the act of departing) · ka გამგზავრება (the act of departing) · da bortgang (death) · yi אַוועקפֿאָר (the act of departing) · ru отступле́ние (deviation from a plan or procedure) · be ад'е́зд (the act of departing) · ang onweġfæreld (the act of departing) · bg отклоне́ние (deviation from a plan or procedure) · bg смърт (death) · bg замина́ване (the act of departing) · uk упоко́єння (death) · pl odpłynięcie (the act of departing) · hu indulás (the act of departing) · pl odejście (death) · vi sự ra đi (the act of departing) · la abitus (the act of departing) · uk відхі́д (death) · tg азимат (the act of departing) · nn avgang (the act of departing) · ru отъе́зд (the act of departing) · mk заминување (the act of departing) · fi poikkeama (deviation from a plan or procedure) · fi lähtö (the act of departing) · pl odlot (the act of departing) · qu lluqsi (the act of departing) · sv avsteg (deviation from a plan or procedure) · sh о̀длазак (the act of departing) · it deviazione (deviation from a plan or procedure) · ga imeacht (the act of departing) · nb avgang (the act of departing) · lt išėjimas (the act of departing) · pl odejście (the act of departing) · id keberangkatan (the act of departing) · be адпраўле́ньне (the act of departing) · uk смерть (death) · la itus (the act of departing) · fi kuolema (death) · sk výjazd (the act of departing) · ms perlepasan (the act of departing) · lt išvykimas (the act of departing) · ug كېتىش (the act of departing) · af heengaan (death) · ja 出発 (the act of departing) · hy մեկնում (the act of departing) · uk відхи́лення (deviation from a plan or procedure) · pl wyjście (the act of departing) · it partenza (the act of departing) · ko 출발 (the act of departing) · pt partida (the act of departing) · gl ida (the act of departing) · nl vertrek (the act of departing) · ar رَحِيل (the act of departing) · ru уклоне́ние (deviation from a plan or procedure) · sl odstopanje (deviation from a plan or procedure) · uk ви́літ (the act of departing) · uk упокі́й (death) · lv aiziešana (the act of departing) · be вы́лет (the act of departing) · gl saída (the act of departing) · sv avvikelse (deviation from a plan or procedure) · kk кету (the act of departing) · de Abfahrt (the act of departing) · pt óbito (death) · tr kalkış (the act of departing) · ru вы́лет (the act of departing) · lv atiešana (the act of departing) · et lahkumine (the act of departing) · tg равон (the act of departing) · got 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃 (the act of departing) · nb avreise (the act of departing) · da afgang (the act of departing) · pt desvio (deviation from a plan or procedure) · es partida (death) · be вы́езд (the act of departing) · az gediş (the act of departing) · he הַפְלָגָה (the act of departing) · kk жолға шығу (the act of departing) · uk від'ї́зд (the act of departing) · sk odchod (the act of departing) · th การออกเดินทาง (the act of departing) · nb bortgang (death) · ang framfæreld (the act of departing) · fa-ira خُروج (the act of departing) · hu eltérés (deviation from a plan or procedure) · sv bortgång (death) · it dipartenza (death) · vi sự rời khỏi (the act of departing) · tk gidiş (the act of departing) · ja 発車 (the act of departing) · de Verlassen (deviation from a plan or procedure) · lo ຄະມະນາການ (the act of departing) · da død (death) · got 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 (the act of departing) · mi haerenga (the act of departing) · da afrejse (the act of departing) · fr déviation (deviation from a plan or procedure) · be адпраўле́нне (the act of departing) · eo disiĝo foriro (the act of departing) · da udsejling (the act of departing) · gur we'esgo (the act of departing) · da afvigelse (deviation from a plan or procedure) · acw روحة (the act of departing) · th การออก (the act of departing) · cs odjezd (the act of departing) · txb lalñe (the act of departing) · ru вы́езд (the act of departing) · sq largim (the act of departing) · sk odjazd (the act of departing) · ky кетүү (the act of departing) · nl afwijking (deviation from a plan or procedure) · ar مُغَادَرَة (the act of departing) · ko 발차 (the act of departing) · cmn 發車 /发车 (the act of departing) · cs odlet (the act of departing) · kk ауытқу (deviation from a plan or procedure) · sv avfärd (the act of departing) · tr gidiş (the act of departing) · te పోకడ (the act of departing) · sv avfart (the act of departing) · fr départ (the act of departing) · sv avgång (the act of departing) · ru отклоне́ние (deviation from a plan or procedure) · la egressus (the act of departing) · af sterf (death) · uk ви́їзд (the act of departing) · et väljumine (the act of departing) · hu eltávozás (death) · es salida (the act of departing) · it morte (death) · uz ketish (the act of departing) · sh òdlazak (the act of departing) · ru отправле́ние (the act of departing) · sk odlet (the act of departing) · gl partida (the act of departing) · sl odhod (death) · tg хуруҷ (the act of departing) · es zarpa (the act of departing) · hi निकासी (the act of departing) · nl overlijden (death) · es partida (the act of departing) · af vertrek (the act of departing) · sl odhod (the act of departing) · hi प्रस्थान (the act of departing) · la abitio (the act of departing) · el αναχώρηση (the act of departing) · de Dahinscheiden (death) · pt partida (death) · it trapasso (death) · mn явах (the act of departing) · pl odjazd (the act of departing) · hu távozás (the act of departing) · de Abflug (the act of departing) · nn avreise (the act of departing) · pl odchylenie (deviation from a plan or procedure) · de Abreise (the act of departing) · cmn 離開 /离开 (the act of departing) · mi wehenga (the act of departing) · ur رَوان٘گی (the act of departing) · kk аттану (the act of departing) · cs odchod (the act of departing)