Definitions for departure

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departure de·par·ture

Spelling: [dih-pahr-cher]

IPA: /dɪˈpɑr tʃər/

Departure is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 311 anagrams from letters in departure (adeeprrtu).

Definitions for departure

noun

1. an act or instance of departing:
2. divergence or deviation, as from a standard, rule, etc.:
3. Navigation. the distance due east or west traveled by a vessel or aircraft. point of departure.
4. Surveying. the length of the projection, on the east-west reference line, of a survey line.
5. Archaic. death.

Origin of departure

1375-1425; late Middle English Old French departëure; compare Anglo-French departir (noun use of infinitive). See depart, -ure

Examples for departure

He soon took his departure, a stableboy driving him back to the village.

The last editor-in-chief, Kim Osorio, stepped down in April 2013, with no official announcement regarding her departure.

The poet apparently collapsed in the street upon his departure from “The Horse” and died not long after.

Mrs. Weston sadly missed her young friend after his departure.

But while his departure was “inexpressibly painful,” he never succumbed to bitterness.

At my departure their tomb had been hidden in the morning mist.

For half an hour I was in momentary expectation of his departure.

Now, the departure of 70-year-old Jeffries seems 10 years too late.

With the departure of all GLS staff from Iraq, there is no one remaining who can verify your time worked on the GLS contract.

Now this, it seems to me, is my point of departure for the estimate of my possible resources.