depart

(dĭ-pärt')

v., -part·ed, -part·ing, -parts.

v.intr.

1. To go away; leave.
2. To die.
3. To vary, as from a regular course; deviate: depart from custom. See synonyms at swerve.

v.tr.
To go away from; leave.

[Middle English departen, from Old French departir, to split, divide : de-, de- + partir, to divide (from Latin partīre , from pars, part-, part; see part).]

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is now used intransitively (without an object) either without any complement or followed by from (a point of departure) or for (a destination). Its use with an object is restricted to the formal or literary phrase depart this life, meaning 'to die', (with occasional variants such as depart the stage), but in American English is more common in general use (They would depart the house at eight each morning), being recorded in uses by J. K. Galbraith, Robert Craft, and others.

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verb

1. To move or proceed away from a place: exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach/retreat.
2. To cease living: decease, demise, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal pop off. Slang check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meetone's endMaker, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live/die.
3. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct: deviate, digress, diverge, stray, swerve, veer. Archaic err. See approach/retreat, correct/incorrect.

v

Definition: diverge from normal, expected
Antonyms: continue, keep to, linger, stay, wait

v

Definition: leave, retreat
Antonyms: arrive, come, enter

IN BRIEF: To go away from; leave.

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come. — Aristotle.

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• Directions - depart: begin a journey; go away; leave; set out

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - afgå, afvige, bryde, gå bort, dø
v. tr. - forlade

idioms:

• depart from    afgå fra, afvige fra

Nederlands (Dutch)
vertrekken, verlaten

Français (French)
v. intr. - partir, s'éloigner, abandonner, (fig) s'écarter de, faire une entorse à
v. tr. - quitter ce monde, trépasser (littér)

idioms:

• depart from    partir de, se détourner de, quitter de

Deutsch (German)
v. - abreisen, weggehen, abfahren, abfliegen, abweichen, sterben

idioms:

• depart from    abweichen von

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναχωρώ, (μτφ.) πεθαίνω

idioms:

• depart from    αναχωρώ από, παρεκκλίνω από

Italiano (Italian)
partire

idioms:

• depart from    deviare da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - partir, afastar-se

idioms:

• depart from    partir de

Русский (Russian)
уезжать, покидать

idioms:

• depart from    отступать, уезжать из

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - irse, marcharse, partir, morir, desviarse
v. tr. - irse, marcharse, partir

idioms:

• depart from    desviarse de, apartarse de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avlägsna sig, avresa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
起程, 出发, 背离, 违反, 离开, 离去, 死, 去世

idioms:

• depart from    背离

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 起程, 出發, 背離, 違反, 離開, 離去, 死, 去世
v. tr. - 離開

idioms:

• depart from    背離

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - ~로 향하다, 벗어나다, 사망하다
v. tr. - 떠나다

idioms:

• depart from    빗나가다, 출발하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 出発する, 立ち去る, 死ぬ, はずれる

idioms:

• depart from    はずれる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغادر, يرحل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮עזב, יצא, נפרד, מת, סטה‬
v. tr. - ‮מת‬

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