depart

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled departured

US /dɪˈpɑɹt/ UK /dɪˈpɑːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #9549

Meanings

1

verb
To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.

The train departs from platform two at nine o'clock.
2

verb
To do something differently from what is usual or expected.

His latest statements seemed to depart from the party's policy.
3

verb
To die (used as a gentle or polite expression).

He departed this life peacefully, surrounded by his family.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to leave a place,... leave

2 verb · to do something differently... deviate diverge vary

3 verb · to die (used as a gentle or... die

Opposites

arrive come conform live stay

Word family

Forms departeddepartingdeparts

Derived forms departeedeparter

Related forms departure

Simplified etymology

Depart, recorded in Middle English, ultimately derives from Latin pars, part- “part,” the source of a large family of English words associated with parts and division.

Etymology

From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

*perh₃- Proto-Indo-European departir Old French departiō la-lat

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# depart

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈpɑɹt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈpɑːt/
**Frequency rank:** 9549

## Meanings
1. To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
2. To do something differently from what is usual or expected.
3. To die (used as a gentle or polite expression).

## Examples
- The train departs from platform two at nine o'clock.
- His latest statements seemed to depart from the party's policy.
- He departed this life peacefully, surrounded by his family.

## Antonyms
- arrive
- come
- conform
- live
- stay

## Derived Forms
- departee
- departer

## Related Forms
- departure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *perh₃-
- Root: departir
- Root: departiō

## Etymology
From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

## AI Etymology
depart comes from Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-, Old French departir, la-lat departiō. Current senses include to leave a place, especially to begin a journey and to do something differently from what is usual or expected. English relatives and later formations include departee, departer, departure.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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