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predeparture

adj, noun — 2 senses

predeparture

adj

Etymology From pre- + departure.

1

Occurring before or in preparation for one's departure.

  • The Philippines requires each outbound migrant to attend a predeparture seminar.2007 November 22, Jason Deparle, “Western Union Empire Moves Migrant Cash Home”, in New York Times:

predeparture

noun

Etymology From pre- + departure.

1

Rare The time or preparations leading up to one's departure.

  • Once conditioned, the odor can be used during graduated departures and predepartures as an OSS.2013, Steven R. Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training:
  • […] 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 […]2022, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors, page 93:

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