depart
IPA: dɪpˈɑrt
noun
- (obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.
- (obsolete) A going away; departure.
verb
- (intransitive) To leave.
- (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
- (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
- (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
- (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)
- (obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.
- (obsolete, transitive) To separate, part.
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Examples of "depart" in Sentences
- It is the department of Psychiatry.
- The mayor is the head of the department.
- This galvanizes the department into action.
- It is the prefecture of the Tarn department.
- The are the defense department of the Vatican.
- He established the department of parapsychology.
- He is the head of the Department of the Treasury.
- He is the head of the department of otorhinolaryngology.
- I need to go to the department of the otorhinolaryngology.
- In the final strip, Calvin and Hobbes depart on their toboggan to go exploring.
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