departs

Departs is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb depart. It denotes leaving a place or beginning a journey, as when a vehicle or person leaves at a scheduled time. Examples include “The train departs at 9:15” and “She departs for Paris tomorrow.” The verb can be used intransitively, or in phrases such as depart from a place or depart for a destination.

In travel and scheduling contexts, departs appears frequently on timetables and in reports to indicate planned leaving times. It is common to pair the verb with a location or destination, for example, “The ship departs from port” or “The flight departs for Tokyo.” The choice of preposition depends on whether the emphasis is on origin (from) or on the destination (for).

Etymology and related forms: depart comes from Old French partir, which in turn derives from Latin partiri, historically related to the idea of dividing or separating. The noun forms related to this verb are departure and departures, referring to the act or time of leaving. The past tense is departed, and the present participle is departing.

Usage notes: Departs is widely understood in both formal and informal contexts and is especially common in transportation, logistics, and news reporting. While it shares a semantic field with arrival and arrival times, departs specifically signals the act of leaving. In everyday language, the broader verb depart may also be used to describe leaving a group or stopping an activity.