The Collaborative International Dictionary
departing \departing\ adj. leaving a starting or stopping point on a journey; as, Departing flights were delayed by the snowstorm. Opposite of arriving. [prenominal]
Syn: outbound, outward, outward-bound.
Wiktionary
1 that is leaving 2 while leaving n. The act by which somebody or something departs. v
(present participle of depart English)
WordNet
adj. that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: departing(a), outbound, outward, outward-bound]
Wikipedia
Departing is the second full-length album by Canadian indie rock band The Rural Alberta Advantage, released 1 March 2011 on Paper Bag Records in Canada and Saddle Creek Records in the United States.
In a review of their December 2010 concert performance at Lee's Palace, The Globe and Mail recommended the album as a must-hear for 2011.
The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.
The song "Tornado '87" is about the Edmonton tornado of July 31, 1987, which occurred when band leader Nils Edenloff was living in that city.
Usage examples of "departing".
How great sorrow was made of the king and the queen and ladies for the departing of the knights, and how they departed Chap.
How the lady was restored to her lands by the battle of Sir Bors, and of his departing, and how he met Sir Lionel taken and beaten with thorns, and also of a maid which should have been devoured Chap.
So when King Mark and Sir Tristram were departed from the court there was made great dole and sorrow for the departing of Sir Tristram.
And at his departing there met him Sir Gawaine and his brethren, and with great pain they slew him feloniously, unto all good knights' great damage.
Then was the people full heavy at his departing, for all that city proffered Sir Palomides the third part of their goods so that he would abide with them.
And when Sir Safere should be delivered there was great dole betwixt Sir Palomides and him, and many piteous complaints that Sir Safere made at his departing, there is no maker can rehearse the tenth part.
So when Sir Bors should depart there was made great sorrow for the departing of Helin le Blank, and great weeping was there made.
That wot I well, said the king, but it shall so heavy me at their departing that I wot well there shall no manner of joy remedy me.
Certes, fair nephew, said she, your mother is dead, for after your departing from her she took such a sorrow that anon, after she was confessed, she died.
So he met at the departing of the two ways two knights that led Lionel, his brother, all naked, bounden upon a strong hackney, and his hands bounden to-fore his breast.
Notwithstanding it treateth of the birth, life, and acts of the said King Arthur, of his noble knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures, the achieving of the Sangreal, and in the end the dolorous death and departing out of this world of them all.
If a starship was departing an asteroid that was heading away from its next port of call, the captain could spend days reversing his orbit, and the cost in delta-V reserve was horrendous.
If we run to schedule we should be departing for Lalonde in eight hours.
Fusion drives formed the spiral arms, Adamist starships and inter-orbit craft arriving and departing from the habitat’s globe-shaped counter-rotating spaceport.
Today, as for the last four days, there were few starships arriving or departing from its docking bays.