Meanings
adjective
- That is leaving.
a departing train
- While leaving.
departing words
noundeparting (plural departings)
plural departings
- The act by which somebody or something departs.
But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology, page 168
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of depart
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish lähtevä
- lähteväthat is leaving
Spanish partiente, zarpante
- partientethat is leaving
- zarpantethat is leaving
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
departing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departing
MLA
“departing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “departing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departing.
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