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1. departure
noun. ['dɪˈpɑːrtʃɝ'] the act of departing.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ure (English)
- depart (English)
- departir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Departure
- starcher
- parcher
- marcher
- karcher
- archer
How do you pronounce departure?
Pronounce departure as dɪˈpɑrʧər.
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Sentences with departure
1. Noun, singular or mass
Cruise-only tickets are available in advance over the phone or at the ticket office on the day of departure.
Quotes about departure
1. In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.
- King Hussein I
2. Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It's a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end.
- Billy Collins
3. Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.
- Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons
2. departure
noun. ['dɪˈpɑːrtʃɝ'] a variation that deviates from the standard or norm.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ure (English)
- depart (English)
- departir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. departure
noun. ['dɪˈpɑːrtʃɝ'] euphemistic expressions for death.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ure (English)
- depart (English)
- departir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))