departurenoun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈpɑː.tʃər/us/dɪˈpɑːr.tʃɚ/departure noun [ C ] (LEAVING)
B1 the fact of a person or vehicle, etc. leaving somewhere:
There are several departures (= buses, trains, or aircraft leaving) for Paris every day.
Our departure was delayed because of bad weather.
departure time
the act of leaving a job:
Everyone in the office was surprised by Graham's sudden departure.
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- Flights should be confirmed 48 hours before departure.
- I asked the guard the time of the train's departure.
- Please hand in your keys at reception on your departure from the hotel.
- The estimated time of departure of this flight is 11.15.
- If you time your departure carefully, you should be able to miss the worst of the traffic.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr
- arrival
- check
- check in
- check sth in
- connection
- dep
- descent
- destination
- entry
- eta
- going
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- landfall
- outflow
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Retiring & resigning
departure noun [ C ] (CHANGE)
a change from what is expected, or from what has happened before:
There can be no departure from the rules.
Selling men's clothing is a new departure for the store.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- rearrangement
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- transfigure
- twist
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