departure time
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1.8
- noun
- /dɪˈpɑrtʃər taɪm/
:
hora de salida
- Solution: arrive no later than 20 minutes prior to the scheduled bus departure time in order to get a seat.
- departure time of flight
- arrival and departure times
- departure time of 9:45 a.m.
Examples
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Daily departure times vary.
Blog text (4) -
The morning newspaper gave its flight number and departure time.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's almost departure time, we have less than an hour.
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My departure time ended up being a bit later than I had wanted it to be.
Blog text (27) -
Nearly 15 minutes behind the scheduled departure time.
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Get to the airport an hour ahead of your departure time for domestic flights or two hours ahead for international flights.
Blog text (13) -
Rail transportation in many European cities, for example, is extremely punctual, and a train's departure time will not be delayed for any reason.
Academic text (2001) -
We will be updating you with the departure time of Flight 1019 with service to Miami...
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Make sure you arrive at the airport at least two hours before your departure time.
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The bus's departure time was delayed due to heavy traffic on the highway.
Synonyms
201
2.3
The time a train, plane, or bus leaves
30
1.0
The moment when you should leave a place
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2.7
The scheduled time when a bus, train, or plane leaves
Antonyms
How Soon
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the time at which someone leaves' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'departure' (the act of leaving) + 'time' (a specific point), forming a straightforward noun–noun phrase. This is a common, predictable collocation in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Departure time comes from a simple travel picture: departure means 'leaving' and time is the exact moment. On station boards and tickets people saw when a train, bus, or plane would go, so today departure time means 'the time a train, bus, or plane is planned to leave'.