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Definition of "depart" [de•part]
- To go away; leave. (verb-intransitive)
- To die. (verb-intransitive)
- To vary, as from a regular course; deviate: depart from custom. See Synonyms at swerve. (verb-intransitive)
- To go away from; leave. (verb-transitive)
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Use "depart" in a sentence
- "All of a sudden, the oil companies were forced to depart from the strategy that had worked so well for them in the past."
- "The stimulus package is expected to depart from the "dams and bridges" model favored by the Liberal Democratic Party during its nearly 60 years of post-World War II rule."
- "We were given a script to learn and instructed not to depart from the script."