# depart

Pronunciation: US say "di-PART" /dɪˈpɑɹt/; UK say "di-PAHT" /dɪˈpɑːt/

## Verb

1. To set out on a journey; to begin traveling toward a destination.
   - Simple: To begin a trip and leave to go somewhere.
   - _The expedition will depart for the mountains next week._
   - _Their ship departed from the harbor at first light._
2. To leave; to go away from where one is.
   - Simple: To go away and leave a place.
   - _Visitors must depart once the gates close._
   - _The last train had already departed by the time we arrived._
3. To go away from a place; to leave it behind.
   - Simple: To go away from a place or person.
   - _Crews must depart the building during a fire drill._
   - _He quietly departed the room before the speeches ended._
4. To deviate from a standard or norm; to be different and fail to conform.
   - Simple: To do something in a different way from what is normal or expected.
   - _These findings depart sharply from earlier studies._
   - _The film departed from the novel in several key scenes._
5. To die, expressed in a gentle or respectful way.
   - Simple: A gentle, polite way to say that someone has died.
   - _Her grandmother departed quietly last winter._
   - _Some hope to depart this world without pain._
6. To vanish or pass out of existence; to be gone altogether.
   - Simple: To slowly go away until nothing is left.
   - _The strange glow departed as quickly as it had come._
   - _Old superstitions slowly depart as science spreads._
7. To cause an aircraft to leave controlled flight; to lose control of it.
   - Simple: To lose control of an aircraft so it stops flying in a steady, guided way.
   - _A poorly timed input can depart the aircraft instantly._
   - _The instructor departed the trainer to demonstrate recovery._

## Verb

8. To divide something up; to distribute or share it out. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To divide something up and give out the parts to people.
9. To separate or part one person or thing from another. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To separate two people or things from each other.
   - _Only the grave could depart the two friends._
   - _Nothing departed them until the storm scattered the fleet._

## Noun

10. A going away; a departure. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A going away, or the act of leaving.
   - _The court mourned the king's depart for many days._
   - _News of her depart spread quickly through the town._
11. The act of dividing or separating things, as when a compound substance is split into its components. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The dividing or separating of things, such as mixed substances.

## Origin

From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō ("to divide"), formed from dē- ("away from") plus partiō ("to part, divide").

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