departed
part of speech
verb (past of «depart»: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departed); noun (the departed)
meaning for a pupil
1) Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15). tree →
2) (euphemism, formal) Dead: «our dear departed grandmother». tree →
3) (noun, «the departed») People who have died. tree →
4) (formal) Changed from a usual way: «departed from tradition». tree →
sense in the lessons
In timetable maths: «the bus departed at 10:20 and arrived at 11:05» — find the journey time by subtracting. A polite euphemism in funerals and stories for someone who has died. Phrases: «departed from», «the dear departed», «recently departed».
examples
- The train departed on time. tree →
- The bus departed at 2:15 and arrived at 3:00, so the trip took 45 minutes. tree →
- The ship departed for France at dawn. tree →
- (euphemism) We lit a candle for our departed friends. tree →
- (euphemism) Let us remember the departed. tree →
- He departed from his usual route to avoid the traffic. tree →
- The guests departed after dinner. tree →
- Soon afterwards his mother also departed from this world. tree →
note
Formal; everyday: «left», «went», «died» (or the euphemism «passed away»). Opposite: arrived. In maths: journey time = arrival time − departure time.
In the corpora
- "Departed this life" means died; it is old-fashioned and found on old gravestones.
- "The departed" means the dead person or the dead people; it is polite.
- "The dearly departed" means the dead; it is polite and is sometimes used jokingly.
- And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «departed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.