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# departing

«departing» in Mova's school dictionary: **leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (-ing form of depart: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Departing means leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains, buses and planes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#m1)

2) (adjective) Departing describes someone who is leaving a job or place: «the departing head teacher». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In timetables and stations «departing» or «departures» tells when transport leaves; maths problems use departure times to find journey length. «Departed» can be a euphemism for dead. Phrases: «departing from», «departing at», «the departing passengers».

### examples

- The train is departing from platform 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x1)
- Passengers departing for London, please board now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x2)
- The bus departs at 9:15 and arrives at 10:05; how long is the trip? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x3)
- We said goodbye to the departing teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x4)
- Flights departing today may be late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x5)
- The ship was departing as we arrived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday words are leave, go. Noun: departure. «The departed» (euphemism) means people who have died. Maths: journey time = arrival time − departure time.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «departing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.