DEPART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depart mean? 

• DEPART (verb)
  The verb DEPART has 6 senses:

1. move away from a place into another direction

2. be at variance with; be out of line with

3. leave

4. go away or leave

5. remove oneself from an association with or participation in

6. wander from a direct or straight course

  Familiarity information: DEPART used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPART (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they depart    ... he / she / it departs   
Past simple: departed   
Past participle: departed   
-ing form: departing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move away from a place into another direction

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

depart; go; go away

Context example:

The train departs at noon

Hypernyms (to "depart" is one way to...):

exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depart"):

blow; shove along; shove off (leave; informal or rude)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

departer (someone who leaves)

departure (the act of departing)

departure (euphemistic expressions for death)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be at variance with; be out of line with

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

depart; deviate; diverge; vary

Hypernyms (to "depart" is one way to...):

differ (be different)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depart"):

aberrate (diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration)

aberrate (diverge from the expected)

belie; contradict; negate (be in contradiction with)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

departure (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Leave

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off

Context example:

The family took off for Florida

Hypernyms (to "depart" is one way to...):

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depart"):

lift off; take off (depart from the ground)

roar off (leave)

blaze; blaze out (move rapidly and as if blazing)

sally forth; sally out (set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

These cars won't depart

Derivation:

departer (someone who leaves)

departure (the act of departing)

departure (euphemistic expressions for death)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Go away or leave

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

depart; quit; take leave

Hypernyms (to "depart" is one way to...):

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depart"):

walk out of (leave, usually as an expression of disapproval)

congee (depart after obtaining formal permission)

beat a retreat (depart hastily)

plump out (depart suddenly)

break camp; decamp (leave a camp)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

stay (remain behind)

Derivation:

departer (someone who leaves)

departure (the act of departing)

departure (euphemistic expressions for death)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Remove oneself from an association with or participation in

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

depart; leave; pull up stakes

Context example:

after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes

Hypernyms (to "depart" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depart"):

leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)

drop out (leave school or an educational program prematurely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Wander from a direct or straight course

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

depart; digress; sidetrack; straggle

Hypernyms (to "depart" is one way to...):

deviate; divert (turn aside; turn away from)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

The keenness of his hunger had departed.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I never could find anything when they had departed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

They had seen other sleds depart over the Pass for Dawson, or come in from Dawson, but never had they seen a sled with so many as fourteen dogs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Van Helsing and I tried to make inquiry at the back of the house; but the mews was deserted and no one had seen him depart.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The keen interest had passed out of Holmes’s expressive face, and I knew that with the mystery all the charm of the case had departed.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But, as time wore on, this shadowy prospect faded, and departed from me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Some of the men were already departing; others stood in groups, looking on and talking.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I did exactly what he indicated, and waited until the other clerks had departed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His tale had occupied the whole day, and the sun was upon the verge of the horizon when he departed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Presently the landlady appeared with the tray, laid it down upon a chair beside the closed door, and then, treading heavily, departed.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)