departed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun someone who is no longer alive
   dead person; decedent; deceased person; dead soul; deceased.
   
   • I wonder what the dead person would have done
2. verb move away from a place into another direction
   go; go away; depart.
   
   • Go away before I start to cry
   • The train departs at noon
3. verb be at variance with; be out of line with
   depart; vary; deviate; diverge.
   
4. verb leave
   depart; set forth; set off; start out; start; part; set out; take off.
   
   • The family took off for Florida
5. verb go away or leave
   quit; take leave; depart.
   
6. verb remove oneself from an association with or participation in
   leave; pull up stakes; depart.
   
   • She wants to leave
   • The teenager left home
   • She left her position with the Red Cross
   • He left the Senate after two terms
   • after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes
7. verb wander from a direct or straight course
   straggle; digress; depart; sidetrack.
   
8. adjective satellite well in the past; former
   bypast; foregone; bygone; gone.
   
   • bygone days
   • dreams of foregone times
   • sweet memories of gone summers
   • relics of a departed era
9. adjective satellite dead
   gone; at peace; at rest; asleep; deceased.
   
   • he is deceased
   • our dear departed friend

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