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departed

/dɪˈpɑːtɪd/
Meanings
  • Adjective or Past Tense Verb

    1. Having gone away or left a place, especially for good.

    - "After the graduation ceremony, the students were all departed."
    - "My grandfather departed this world at the age of 90."
    - "The train departed on time."
  • Adjective or Past Tense Verb

    2. (of a deceased person) Having died and left this world.

    - "My grandmother was a departed soul."
    - "The departed were remembered during the funeral service."
Pronunciation
  1. /dɪˈpɑɹtɪd/



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Antonyms

arrive , come , stay , conform , live
Synonyms

deviate , digress , diverge , sidetrack , straggle , vary , leave
Rhymes
Words rhyming with departed
apart , heart , impart , mart , part , tar , tarp , star
Homonyms
Words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

  1. Depart (en) : To go away from a place or begin a journey.

  2. Departed (en) : Having gone away or left a place, especially for good.

  3. Departure (en) : The act of leaving a place or beginning a journey.

Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Depart (en) : To go away from a place or begin a journey.

  2. Departed (en) : Having gone away or left a place, especially for good.

  3. Departure (en) : The act of leaving a place or beginning a journey.

Variants
List of all variants of departed that leads to same result
departed , depart , departing , departs , the departed
Forms
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Departed (Adjective): Having gone away or left a place., Departed (Past Tense Verb): To have gone away or left a place., Departed (Noun): Those who have gone away or left a place.

Etymology
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The word 'departed' comes from the Old French 'departer,' meaning 'to set apart,' 'to prepare,' or 'to make ready.' It is related to the Latin 'disparare,' which means 'to scatter,' 'to separate,' or 'to divide.'

Trivia
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  1. The word 'departed' is often used in funeral and obituary notices to describe someone who has passed away.

  2. In the Bible, the term 'departed' is used to describe the souls of the dead in the book of Revelation.

  3. The term 'departed' can also be used to describe a group of people or animals that have left a place together, such as a herd of elephants that have departed from a watering hole.

Related Concepts
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  1. Absence: The state of being away from a place or person.

  2. Leaving: The act of going away from a place or situation.

  3. Separation: The act of parting or dividing from something or someone.

Culture
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In literature and art, the term 'departed' is often used to describe those who have passed away or left a place. For instance, in Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven,' the speaker mourns the loss of his loved one, who is described as a 'departed soul.' In music, the term 'departed' can be found in songs that deal with themes of loss, separation, or death.

How to Memorize "departed"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a person leaving a place or a group of people gathered together after someone has left.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'departed' with the idea of someone leaving or going away.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the acronym D-E-P-A-R-T: D for 'Departed,' E for 'Everyone,' P for 'Pauses,' A for 'And,' R for 'Remembers,' T for 'Them.'

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