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Definition depart in British English

depart verb

verb
/dɪˈpɑː(r)t/
1

to leave and start a journey

Example

The plane departed at noon.

Example

Our flight departs from Shannon Airport at 2 o'clock.

Example

The Foreign Minister will depart for Cairo this evening.

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1.1

to leave a place and start a journey

Example

Before departing Colombo, they visited a Buddhist temple.

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2

to die

Example

He departed this life in the winter of 1973.

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Definition depart in British English