predeparture

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ departure

Adjective[edit]

predeparture (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before or in preparation for one's departure.
    • 2007 November 22, Jason Deparle, “Western Union Empire Moves Migrant Cash Home”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The Philippines requires each outbound migrant to attend a predeparture seminar.

Noun[edit]

predeparture (plural predepartures)

  1. (rare) The time or preparations leading up to one's departure.
    • 2013, Steven R. Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training:
      Once conditioned, the odor can be used during graduated departures and predepartures as an OSS.
    • 2022, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors, page 93:
      […] the inherent difficulties of migratory processes, including traumatizing predepartures and journeys, the challenges of transculturation and family reorganization, and the coming to terms with new living conditions […]
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