English Explanatory Dictionary

departure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of departing or something that has departed.
  2. A deviation from a plan or procedure.
  3. A death.
  4. The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
  5. The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
  6. The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
  7. Division; separation; putting away.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/ /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ en-us-departure.ogg En-uk-departure.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-departure.wav

Word forms

departure departures

Etymology

From Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”). By surface analysis, depart + -ure.

Synonyms

leaving exit

Antonyms

arrival

Related words

depart

Derived words

departure gate departure lounge departure tax departure time estimated time of departure hold-departure order nondeparture point of departure postdeparture predeparture time of departure
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