What (who) is departure - definition
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Departure (album); Departure (disambiguation); The Departure (disambiguation); Departures; Departures (movie); Departures (disambiguation); Departure (film); Departures (film); The Departure (film)
departure
n.
1) to mark a departure from (this marks a departure from established procedures)
2) a sudden departure
3) a departure for
4) a departure from
departure
(departures)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
...the President's departure for Helsinki...
They hoped this would lead to the departure of all foreign forces from the country...
The airline has more than 90 scheduled departures from here every day.
? arrival
N-VAR: oft with poss
2.
The departure of a person from a job, or a member from an organization, is their act of leaving it or being forced to leave it. (FORMAL)
This would inevitably involve his departure from the post of Prime Minister...
N-VAR: with poss, oft N from n
3.
If someone does something different or unusual, you can refer to their action as a departure.
Taylor announced another departure from practice in that England will train at Wembley...
= deviation
N-COUNT: oft N from n
departure
n.
1.
Withdrawal, exit, recession, retirement, removal.
2.
Abandonment (of), forsaking (of).
3.
Deviation, variation, declension, declining, declination.
4.
Death, decease, demise, exit.
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Departure
Departure, Departures or The Departure may refer to:
Pronunciation examples for departure
1. departures.
Martin _ Talks at Google
2. B. Departure board, departure board.
The Power to Persuade _ Doug Stevenson _ Talks at Google
3. to signal our departure
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4. departure for me.
Serial Box Book Burners _ Max Gladstone + More _ Talks at Google
5. departure for defining America.
The New American Militarism _ Andrew Bacevich _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of departure
1. Campaign Money Watch, a nonpartisan watchdog group in Washington, yesterday praised Loeffler‘s departure but renewed its call for Black‘s departure.
2. After her departure both Miss Shepherdson and Mr Green insisted the departure had nothing to do with Kate Moss.
3. Limp departure Many were sickened by the manner of Henman‘s limp departure, his second consecutive second–round defeat at Wimbledon.
4. They will also study differences in emissions between times of low departure frequency and those of high departure frequency.
5. Musharraf‘s departure would only create more uncertainty.