parting
11parting — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ final ▪ amicable ▪ It was an amicable parting and we greatly value the years we spent together. ▪ bitter ▪ The divorce was a bitter parting that …
12parting — /pahr ting/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that parts. 2. a division or separation. 3. a place of division or separation. 4. a departure or leave taking. 5. death. 6. something that serves to part or separate things. 7. Mineral. a fracture… …
13parting — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an occasion when two people leave each other: It had been a melancholy parting in the rain. 2 (C) BrE the line on your head made by dividing your hair with a comb; part AmE: a centre parting 3 the parting of the ways the point at… …
14parting — I UK [ˈpɑː(r)tɪŋ] / US [ˈpɑrtɪŋ] adjective [only before noun] done or said by someone when they are leaving He shot her a parting glance and then left. a parting comment II UK [ˈpɑː(r)tɪŋ] / US [ˈpɑrtɪŋ] noun Word forms parting : singular parting …
15parting — part|ing1 [ partıŋ ] adjective only before noun done or said by someone when they are leaving: He shot her a parting glance and then left. a parting comment parting part|ing 2 [ partıŋ ] noun 1. ) count or uncount the act of leaving someone,… …
16parting — /ˈpatɪŋ/ (say pahting) noun 1. the act of someone or something that parts. 2. division; separation. 3. leave taking; departure. 4. death. 5. a place of division or separation. 6. something that serves to part or separate things. 7. a dividing… …
17parting — 1. noun 1) an emotional parting Syn: farewell, leave taking, goodbye, adieu, departure; valediction 2) they kept their parting quiet Syn: separation, breakup, split, divorce, rift …
18parting — [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] adj I done or said by someone when they are leaving a parting gift/comment[/ex] II noun parting [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] 1) [C/U] the act of leaving someone 2) [C] British a line on your head that you make by brushing or COMBING your hair in two… …
19parting — part•ing [[t]ˈpɑr tɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) a division; separation 2) a place of division or separation 3) departure; leave taking 4) given, taken, or done at parting: a parting glance[/ex] 5) departing: the parting day[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300 …
20parting — I. noun Date: 15th century a place or point where a division or separation occurs II. adjective Date: 1562 given, taken, or done at parting < a parting kiss > …
