/ dɪˈpɑːt; NAmE dɪˈpɑːrt/ verb (rather formal )
1.
depart (for ... ) (from ... ) to leave a place, especially to start a trip
OPP arrive :
[ v ]
Flights for Rome depart from Terminal 3.
She waited until the last of the guests had departed.
[ vn ] ( NAmE )
The train departed Amritsar at 6.15 p.m.
2.
( NAmE ) to leave your job :
[ v ]
the departing president
[ vn ]
He departed his job December 16.
—see also departure
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IDIOMS
- depart this life
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PHRASAL VERBS
- depart from sth
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French departir , based on Latin dispertire to divide. The original sense was separate , also take leave of each other , hence go away .