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.
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She was originally set to leave the role this December, but will now depart on March 31, about a month before Abrams takes the reins.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Domestic travelers should allow at least two hours before their flight is scheduled to depart.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
An average of 76,000 passengers are expected to be arriving and departing each day.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Inc 5000: For all the noise about big-name companies departing, California’s economic secret sauce is its entrepreneurs’ knack for creating new ventures.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Domestic travelers should allow at least two hours before their flight is scheduled to depart.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
An average of 76,000 passengers are expected to be arriving and departing each day.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Inc 5000: For all the noise about big-name companies departing, California’s economic secret sauce is its entrepreneurs’ knack for creating new ventures.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for depart
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“Depart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depart. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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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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