parting

[ pahr-ting ]

/ ˈpɑr tɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that parts.

a division or separation.

a place of division or separation.

a departure or leave-taking.

death.

something that serves to part or separate things.

Mineralogy. a fracture of a crystal along a plane determined by twinning or pressure rather than along a cleavage plane.

Metallurgy. parting line.

adjective

given, happening, taken, done, etc., at parting: a parting glance.

of or relating to parting, leave-taking, departure, or death: parting words.

ending or taking leave: the parting day.

dying.

dividing or separating.

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Origin of parting

1250–1300; Middle English partyng (gerund). See part, -ing¹, -ing²

Words nearby parting

particular negative, Particulars of Claim, particular solution, particulate, particulate inheritance, parting, Parting is such sweet sorrow, parting line, parting of the ways, parting shot, parting strip

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How to use parting in a sentence

Chris Harrison, the longtime host of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, is leaving the franchise permanently following a racism controversy—and has reportedly received a major parting deal.
Bachelor Fans Respond to Chris Harrison’s Reported Eight-Figure Parting Deal With the Franchise|Cady Lang|June 8, 2021|Time
She discovered that like parents, trees send a parting gift of nutrients as they expire.
A scientist’s career in communion with trees|Kate Brown|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
Normally, a crisis portends a parting of the ways from a point of uncertainty before events move on.
What Amazon and Oracle can teach India Inc about surviving an economic crisis|Ayon Banerjee|February 9, 2021|Quartz
These clauses require a town to give a retiring officer months of pay as a parting benefit.
How the Police Bank Millions Through Their Union Contracts|by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press, and Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica|February 8, 2021|ProPublica

In a statement early Thursday afternoon, First Look described Poitras’s parting from the company as a “natural” decision to not renew her contract after she “decided to step away from her role at the company to pursue her own projects.”
Laura Poitras says she’s been fired by First Look Media over Reality Winner controversy. Now she’s questioning the company’s integrity.|Sarah Ellison|January 14, 2021|Washington Post
When it came to shooting the famous parting of the Red Sea, Ridley Scott elected to show a tsunami splitting the waters.
Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In parting, I asked, if she had to pick one thing about the clubs that had made a lasting impression on her, what it would be.
Joan Rivers: The Playboy Bunnies Weren’t Sluts!|Patty Farmer|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bedouin women wore bright clothes and burqas, the parting of their hair and their kohl-lined eyes left exposed.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil|Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like the Bedouins, they left their faces and the parting of their hair exposed.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil|Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As I leave, I mention in parting how Culkin deserves some serious Tony Awards consideration for his performance.
The Revival of Kieran Culkin: A Reluctant Star Seizes the Spotlight|Marlow Stern|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He looked up sharply, his lips parting in a smile that revealed his strong white teeth.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Good-bye, then, Miss Warrender; parting is such sweet sorrow, I e'en could say good-bye until to-morrow.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
It is certain that I then had a bad cough nearly always; and this I am sure was what decided the form of his parting gift to me.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
This, of course, I gladly granted as well as a little parting gratuity.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
"Follow presently," was his parting command to the man who still knelt upon Rabecque, and with that he vanished too.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for parting

parting

/ (ˈpɑːtɪŋ) /

noun

British the line of scalp showing when sections of hair are combed in opposite directionsUS, Canadian, and Austral equivalent: part

the act of separating or the state of being separated

a departure or leave-taking, esp one causing a final separation
(as modifier)a parting embrace

a place or line of separation or division

chem a division of a crystal along a plane that is not a cleavage plane

a euphemism for death

adjective (prenominal)

literary departingthe parting day

serving to divide or separate

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