departed
/di'pɑ:tid/
Definition
Adjective:
- No longer living; dead: Refers to someone who has died.
- Gone away; having left: Refers to something that has ended, passed, or is in the past.
Noun:
- A person who has died: Used to refer to a deceased person, often in a respectful or euphemistic way.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- We gathered to remember our departed friend. (We gathered to remember our friend who has died.)
- The departed era of steam trains is fondly remembered. (The bygone era of steam trains is fondly remembered.)
- Noun:
- The family prayed for the soul of the departed. (The family prayed for the soul of the deceased person.)
Advanced Usage
- "the departed": Used as a plural noun to refer collectively to people who have died.
- On this holiday, we honor the departed. (On this holiday, we honor those who have died.)
- "dearly departed": A common, slightly more affectionate or formal phrase for a deceased person.
- We mourn the loss of our dearly departed. (We mourn the loss of our beloved deceased.)
Variants and Related Words
- Depart (verb): To leave, go away, or deviate from.
- The train will depart from platform 3.
- Departure (noun): The act of leaving.
- His sudden departure surprised everyone.
Synonyms
- Deceased (adj., n.): No longer living.
- Late (adj.): Recently deceased (e.g., ).
- Bygone (adj.): Belonging to an earlier time.
- Extinct (adj.): No longer in existence.
Antonyms
- Living (adj., n.): Alive.
- Current (adj.): Belonging to the present time.
- Arrived (adj.): Having reached a destination.
Related Phrases
- Rest in peace: A wish or prayer for a deceased person.
- May the departed rest in peace.
- Pass away: A gentle verb meaning to die.
- Her grandfather passed away last year.
Adjective
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dead
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he is deceased
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our dear departed friend
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well in the past; former
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bygone days
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dreams of foregone times
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sweet memories of gone summers
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relics of a departed era
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Noun
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someone who is no longer alive
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I wonder what the dead person would have done
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