departure
/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.22 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The departure was scheduled for noon."
- "The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”"
- "But the outstanding feature of the new timetable arrangement, additional to the standardised departure times, is the number of intermediate points, in addition to such principal cities as Bristol, Plymouth, Cardiff and Birmingham, that now have departures for Paddington at the same minutes past the hour throughout the day."
- "Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure."
- "any departure from a national standard"
- "There are several significant departures, however, from current practice."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/