parting
A farewell, the act of departing politelyA farewell, the act of departing politely.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Life is made of encounters and partings.
Das Leben besteht aus Begegnungen und Trennungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Жизнь состоит из встреч и расставаний. — sharptoothed
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Examples
3 sentencesLife is made of encounters and partings.
ruЖизнь состоит из встреч и расставаний. — sharptoothed
deDas Leben besteht aus Begegnungen und Trennungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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.
Meaning
9 senses(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 act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
More meanings 6
(countable, uncountable)The state of being parted.
(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.
Origin
By surface analysis, part + -ing.By surface analysis, part + -ing.
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Forms
plural: partingsSynonyms
4 synonyms- the act of departing politely:farewellleaveleave-taking
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions:part
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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