American English pronunciation
How to pronounce departures
IPA transcription: [dɪ'pɑɹtʃɚz]
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Noun
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a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
“the deviation from the mean”
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the act of departing
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euphemistic expressions for death
“thousands mourned his passing”
Usage examples
- There is an electronic display showing arrivals and departures.
- Instead they found departures from Reformed doctrine and practice that they could not overlook.
- The Gothenburg-Stenungsund line has extra departures creating half-hour schedule in rush hour.
- These and other departures from real-world equivalents are violations of the pure paper paradigm.
- Some of Truss's departures from punctuation norms are just British laxness.