departed

Pluraldeparteds

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of depart. Use this form when the leaving already happened.

   The train departed right on time this morning.

   By noon, all the guests had departed.

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2. 2
   adjectiveeuphemistic

   A gentle word for a person who has died.

   We lit candles for our departed grandmother.

   Her departed husband had loved this garden.

   Similardeceased, late, dead, lost

   Oppositeliving

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3. 3
   nouneuphemistic

   A respectful name for people who have died.

   The whole town came to honor the departed.

   We say a quiet prayer for the departed each year.

   Similardead

   Oppositeliving

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4. 4
   adjective

   Gone from a place and no longer there.

   The departed guests left their coats behind.

   We found the departed train's empty platform.

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