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DEPARTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of departing
Synonyms:
departure; going; going away; leaving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("departure" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "departure"):
breaking away (departing hastily)
farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting (the act of departing politely)
French leave (an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell))
disappearance; disappearing (the act of leaving secretly or without explanation)
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
sailing (the departure of a vessel from a port)
boarding; embarkation; embarkment (the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft)
exit (the act of going out)
despatch; dispatch; shipment (the act of sending off something)
takeoff (a departure; especially of airplanes)
Derivation:
depart (move away from a place into another direction)
depart (go away or leave)
depart (leave)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Euphemistic expressions for death
Example:
thousands mourned his passing
Synonyms:
departure; exit; expiration; going; loss; passing; release
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("departure" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
Domain usage:
euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)
Derivation:
depart (move away from a place into another direction)
depart (go away or leave)
depart (leave)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A variation that deviates from the standard or norm
Example:
the deviation from the mean
Synonyms:
departure; deviation; difference; divergence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("departure" is a kind of...):
fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "departure"):
discrepancy; variance; variant (an event that departs from expectations)
driftage (the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting)
flection; flexion; inflection (deviation from a straight or normal course)
Derivation:
depart (be at variance with; be out of line with)
Context examples:
His master’s voice acted on Buck like an electric shock, He sprang to his feet and ran up the bank ahead of the men to the point of his previous departure.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He then made ready for his departure, and shortly after drove off to Liverpool Street.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
We were very comfortable, and the inadequate shears, with the foremast suspended from them, gave a business-like air to the schooner and a promise of departure.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It looked as if the pair might take an immediate departure, and so necessitate very prompt and energetic measures on my part.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The trouble was that now, on the verge of departure, he had no desire to go.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one’s self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one’s own powers.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I repeat, then, that the occurrence was immediately after his departure, and not later than eleven o’clock last night.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Fanny told of their departure, and delivered their message.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
"Well, sir," said Elinor, who, though pitying him, grew impatient for his departure, "and this is all?"
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
My mother, however, had such confidence either in his good nature or in her own powers of persuasion, that she already began to make furtive preparations for my departure.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
