depart

partir

Quitter un endroit, surtout pour commencer un voyage.

En anglais simple : To leave a place, especially to start a journey.

• The train departs at noon.
• We departed from the hotel early.
• When does your flight depart for Paris?

Comment l'utiliser : depart from somewhere (The train departs from platform three.); depart for somewhere (We depart for Rome tomorrow.)

Synonymes : leave, set off

Contraires : arrive

Expressions courantes : depart from somewhere, depart for somewhere, depart at noon

s’écarter, déroger

Agir autrement que selon une règle, un plan ou la manière habituelle.

En anglais simple : To do something differently from a rule, plan, or usual way.

• We rarely depart from this rule.
• Her latest novel departed from her usual style.
• Why did they depart from the original plan?

Comment l'utiliser : depart from something (This design departs from the usual style.)

Synonymes : deviate, diverge

Contraires : conform

Expressions courantes : depart from something, depart from tradition, depart from policy

perdre le contrôle de l’avion

Perdre le contrôle d’un avion, qui ne vole alors plus de manière maîtrisée.

En anglais simple : To lose control of an aircraft so that it stops flying in a controlled way.

• The pilot nearly departed the aircraft.
• An abrupt turn caused him to depart the airplane.
• Training helps pilots avoid departing an aircraft during difficult maneuvers.

Comment l'utiliser : depart an aircraft (A sharp maneuver could cause the pilot to depart the aircraft.)

Expressions courantes : depart the aircraft, depart the airplane