From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdepartde‧part /dɪˈpɑːt $ -ɑːrt/ ●●○ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]LEAVE A PLACE to leave, especially when you are starting a journey → departuredepart from ocean liners arriving at and departing from the islanddepart for Dorothy departed for Germany last week. Flights by Air Europe depart Gatwick on Tuesdays.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say leave or go rather than depart:What time does the next plane leave/go?She left for Germany last week.Flights leave from Gatwick on Tuesdays.2 → depart this life3 [intransitive] to start to use new ideas or do something in a different way → departuredepart from It’s revolutionary music; it departs from the old form and structures. In his speech, the president departed from his text only once.4 [intransitive, transitive] to leave an organization or job → departure the company’s departing chairman→ See Verb table
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depart• He spent the afternoon in the Britches, as soon as the last of the party guests had departed.• After opening the door for them, he stepped outside under the awning and watched them depart.• But motorists, explorers and connoisseurs of beauty will follow the usual route departing along the A.83s.• The bus was due to depart at any moment.• An allegory may depart from everyday life into a make-believe world.• The 06:33 Pullman will depart from London Euston from platform 4.• The 12.15 shuttle service to Atlanta will depart from platform 16.• In doing so, it departs from the traditional, purely stylistic approach to classical art.• Circular Quay, where harbor cruises depart, is across the street.• The younger people had departed long ago for war work or service in the armed forces.• Leopold stared after his departing nephew.• Harriman, ambassador in Paris since 1993, was widely expected to be departing this summer.• Travelers departing Ukraine do not need an exit visa.• The train departs Waterloo at 09:00 hours on Saturday.depart from• The train will depart from platform 5.Origin depart (1200-1300) Old French departir, from partir “to divide” 