parting
The act of parting or dividingThe act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
» Life is made of encounters and partings.
Das Leben besteht aus Begegnungen und Trennungen.
Жизнь состоит из встреч и расставаний.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being parted.
(countable, uncountable)A farewell, the act of departing politely.
Abschied
расстава́ниеrasstavánije, проща́ниеproščánije
the act of departing politely
(UK, countable, uncountable)The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
Scheitel, Haarscheitel, Mittelscheitel
пробо́рprobór
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
(countable, uncountable)The joint or connected between two surfaces of one section of a mould.
(countable, uncountable)The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
(countable, uncountable)A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
(countable, uncountable)The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
(countable, uncountable)Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
Examples
3 sentencesLife is made of encounters and partings.
ruЖизнь состоит из встреч и расставаний.
deDas Leben besteht aus Begegnungen und Trennungen.
There is nothing but meetings and partings in this world.
I have a shepherd-dog that has known me well, but the friendship is often interrupted by partings of some months' duration.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
By surface analysis, part + -ing.By surface analysis, part + -ing.
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Forms
plural: partingsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions:part
- the act of departing politely:farewellleaveleave-taking
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable