departure

«departure» in Mova's school dictionary: The act of leaving a place, especially to begin a journey — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a departure, departures; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The act of leaving a place, especially to begin a journey. tree →

2) A train, bus or plane that is leaving (the departures board). tree →

3) (formal) A change from the usual way of doing something (a departure from tradition). tree →

4) (euphemism) Death. tree →

sense in the lessons

Very common in timetable maths: departure time and arrival time — subtract to find the journey time. At airports and stations, «Departures» shows leaving flights and trains. Phrases: «departure time», «departure lounge», «point of departure», «a new departure».

examples

• Our departure time is 7:30. tree →
• The departures board shows the next train. tree →
• Check in two hours before departure. tree →
• The departure was 9:40 and the arrival 11:10, so the flight took 1 hour 30 minutes. tree →
• Wait in the departure lounge. tree →
• This song is a departure from the band's usual style. tree →
• Many other ceremonies took place at my departure. tree →

note

Verb «depart». Opposite: arrival. In maths: journey time = arrival − departure; departure = arrival − journey time; count across the hour carefully (9:40 to 11:10 is 1 h 30 min).

In the corpora

• Départ means departure and arrivée means arrival; a train leaving at 14h05 and arriving at 16h50 takes 2 hours 45 minutes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «departure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.