departure
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
departure (plural departures)
- the act of departing or something that has departed
- 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
- 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:
- a deviation from a plan or procedure
- a death
- (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
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Related terms
- depart
- departure lounge
- departure tax
Translations
The act of departing
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Deviation from a plan or procedure
Death
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