departure English · revision 6413

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=mid-15th century|origins=la partio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|departeure|t=departure; death]], from [[m|fro|departir|t=to depart]] (see [[depart]]) and [[-ure]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of going away, and a deviation or divergence: the mid-15th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) late Middle English in SOED and NODE.^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Old French word also meant death, leaving this life, a sense found in archaic English.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) Separation or severance (before 1533) and a boundary between regions (1523) are obsolete senses.^(OED 1989) A deviation from a custom or plan, as ''a departure from tradition'', is a modern use, as is a new course of action.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) A train or flight leaving, and a ''departure lounge'', follow.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-15th century – going away; deviation.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1523 – a boundary (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1533 – separation (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of leaving, especially at the start of a journey.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A deviation from an accepted or usual course: ''a departure from tradition''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A new course of action: ''a new departure''.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' Death.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nondeparture]]

+ * [[predeparture]]

+ * [[point of departure]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[depart]]

+ * [[part]]

+ * [[party]]

+ * [[apart]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}