depart

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb move away from a place into another direction
  2. verb be at variance with; be out of line with
  3. verb leave

Etymology

From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

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Synonyms

go, go away

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