Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of depart in a Sentence
The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.
Our flight departs at 6:15 a.m.
The train departed the station on time.
He is departing after 20 years with the company.
Recent Examples on the Web
The plane had departed Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m., Bering Air Director of Operations, David Olson, said, per local outlet KTUU.
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
The Bering Air flight departed from Unalakleet, a community of about 690 people in western Alaska, around 2:40 p.m. local time on Thursday.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
In December, the agency’s executive director, Jose Suarez, and its finance director, Jose Canto, departed from the agency.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
Braden Aftergood has departed as partner at Sylvester Stallone‘s Balboa Productions, sources tell Deadline.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
The Bering Air flight departed from Unalakleet, a community of about 690 people in western Alaska, around 2:40 p.m. local time on Thursday.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
In December, the agency’s executive director, Jose Suarez, and its finance director, Jose Canto, departed from the agency.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
Braden Aftergood has departed as partner at Sylvester Stallone‘s Balboa Productions, sources tell Deadline.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Depart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depart. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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Legal Definition
depart
intransitive verb
de·part
: to fail to follow : deviate from a course or standard
rather than sentencing petitioners to a term within the Guideline range, however, the District Court departed downward eight levels—Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
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