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departure
Oct 23rd 2013, 00:10, by ReidAA

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# the act of [[departing]] or something that has [[departed]]

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# The act of [[departing]] or something that has [[departed]].

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#: {{usex|lang=en|The '''departure''' was scheduled for noon.}}

|year=2011

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#*{{quote-book|year=1922|author={{w|Ben Travers}}|title={{w|A Cuckoo in the Nest}}

|date=April 10

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|chapter=5|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1521052W

|author=Alistair Magowan

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|passage=The '''departure''' was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: "Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir."}}

|title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle

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#* {{quote-news|year=2011|date=April 10|author=Alistair Magowan|work=BBC Sport

|work=BBC Sport

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|title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9446263.stm Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle]

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9446263.stm

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|passage=Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's '''departure'''.}}

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# A [[deviation]] from a [[plan]] or [[procedure]].

|passage=Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's '''departure''' }}

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# A [[death]].

# a [[deviation]] from a [[plan]] or [[procedure]]

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# {{context|navigation|lang=en}} The [[distance]] due east or west made by a [[ship]] in its [[course]] reckoned in [[plane sailing]] as the [[product]] of the distance sailed and the [[sine]] of the angle made by the course with the [[meridian]].

# a [[death]]

 

# {{context|navigation|lang=en}} the [[distance]] due east or west made by a [[ship]] in its [[course]] reckoned in [[plane sailing]] as the [[product]] of the distance sailed and the [[sine]] of the angle made by the course with the [[meridian]]

 
   
 

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French deporteure ("departure," figuratively, "death")

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)/
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Noun[edit]

departure (plural departures)

  1. The act of departing or something that has departed.
    The departure was scheduled for noon.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
      The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: "Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir."
    • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, "Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle", BBC Sport:
      Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure.
  2. A deviation from a plan or procedure.
  3. A death.
  4. (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

The act of departing

Deviation from a plan or procedure

Death

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