departure
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3.7
- noun
- /dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/
:
desviación
- This seems like a total departure from the norm for you.
- a departure from the norm
- a radical departure
- a significant departure
It is twists, turns and departures that you can't foresee.
- It is twists, turns and departures that you can't foresee.
- This is a big departure from what I am used to feeling.
- G Defy shoes a true departure from the ordinary.
- And that in some ways is a departure from your earlier printmaking self.
- And the the problem is that the current governance of China is a departure from the historical.
- Does talking about cooperation among genes mark a certain departure from Dawkins Keynesian framework?
- This is a radical departure of how we have produced technology up to now.
- You know, the character's funny, or at least has funny moments, which is certainly a departure from, certainly a departure from Arrow.
- And there's so many kind of interesting similarities, points of overlap with James, his experience, but also many departures, right?
- And it's it's a intentional departure from the word value.
- So intense and that what I was trying to do was such a departure.
Examples
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This is quite a departure from your previous work.
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The modern understanding of the jury is a departure from the historical conception of the jury.
Academic text (2017) -
This is a big departure from what I am used to feeling.
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It's a really cool show and it's a real departure from what people thought it was going to be.
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But this also marks kind of a departure finally from that.
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The new law signifies a radical departure from the very spirit and concept of the 1990 Law.
Academic text (1999) -
Marble beaches were selected for study because they represent a conspicuous departure from natural conditions.
Academic text (2008) -
They're truly radical departures from other ways of doing things.
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This new product represents a significant departure from traditional designs.
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Her latest novel is a surprising departure from her earlier writing style.
Synonyms
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1.0
A way of showing how much two or more things are not the same
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5.3
A difference from what is usual or expected
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7.1
A difference from a standard or expected result
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5.0
An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.0
A seating area in an airport where passengers wait before boarding their flight
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word departure can also mean a change from what is usual because part means 'to go away', so it shows moving away from the old way. That's why a new idea or style can be called a departure from tradition.