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UK
/dɪpˈɑːtɪd/
]
[ US /dɪˈpɑɹtɪd/ ]
[ US /dɪˈpɑɹtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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well in the past; former
dreams of foregone times
sweet memories of gone summers
relics of a departed era
bygone days -
dead
our dear departed friend
he is deceased
NOUN
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someone who is no longer alive
I wonder what the dead person would have done
How To Use departed In A Sentence
- It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance.
- And when they espied the dukes daughter, that was a full fair woman, then by their false covin they made debate betwixt themself, and the duke of his goodness would have departed them, and there they slew him and his eldest son. Chapter XV. The Thirteenth Book. How Sir Galahad Fought with the Knights of the Castle, and Destroyed the Wicked Custom
- The keening sound of the upper strings provides a lasting memorial for those departed.
- They kissed her, one cheek each, and departed softly in their pink felt bedroom slippers.
- Then strangely, as we came to a fork in the road - they departed, thanking me, as you might a bus driver.
- Nay, I know that you shall not find him in Mansoul, for he is departed and gone; yea, and gone for the faults of the elders, and for that they rewarded his grace with unsufferable unkindness. The Holy War
- But not many months thereafter we heard that he also had departed, leaving it ungarnished of men; and we deem that the cause thereof is that something uncouth is seen and heard therein, which folk may not endure. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
- The issue of this was that they did not keep God's covenant, and so the entail was at length cut off, and the sceptre departed from Judah by degrees. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- A significant look was exchanged between the devotees, but no words; the friar departed, and the nun, still silent, conducted her through many solitary passages, where not even a distant foot-fall echoed, and whose walls were roughly painted with subjects indicatory of the severe superstitions of the place, tending to inspire melancholy awe. The Italian
- He departed from traditional European norms by privileging the extemporaneous sermon over the scripted delivery.