Depart Meaning
/dɪˈpɑːt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
verbTo leave.
verbTo set out on a journey.
Sentence Examples
What time does the train for New York depart?
That airplane was not able to depart at the regular time.
Flights for Rome depart from Terminal 3.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The train will ____ from platform nine at exactly three o'clock this afternoon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
What time does the train for New York ____?
Word Origin & History
From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] he that hath no ſtomacke to this feaſt,
Let him depart, […]"
— 1599 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift, […] (First Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Tho[mas] Millington, and Iohn Busby […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
"The glory is departed from Israel."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 4:21:
"With very little excuse for departing so abruptly, Ralph left him, […]"
— 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Ralph Nickleby, baffled by his Nephew in his late Design, hatches a scheme of Retaliation which accident suggests to him, and takes into his Counsels a tried Auxiliary”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 558:
"She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else."
— 1964, Philip K. Dick, “NINE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 112:
"The government maintains that if its regulations are too stiff, British bankers will leave the country. It's true that they have been threatening to depart in droves, but the obvious answer is: "Sod off then.""
— 2009 September 7, George Monbiot, The Guardian:
Explore More A2 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
The train will ____ from platform nine at exactly three o'clock this afternoon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
What time does the train for New York ____?