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• present participle of part.

parting

American  

[pahr-ting] / ˈpɑr tɪŋ /

noun

• partings
  plural

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

8. Metallurgy. parting line.

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adjective

1. given, happening, taken, done, etc., at parting.

   a parting glance.

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

   parting words.

3. ending or taking leave.

   the parting day.

4. dying.

5. dividing or separating.

parting British  

/ ˈpɑːtɪŋ /

noun

1. US, Canadian, and Austral equivalent: part. the line of scalp showing when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

2. the act of separating or the state of being separated

3. 1. a departure or leave-taking, esp one causing a final separation

   2. ( as modifier )

      a parting embrace

4. a place or line of separation or division

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

6. a euphemism for death

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adjective

1. literary departing

   the parting day

2. serving to divide or separate

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• partings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of parting

1250–1300; Middle English partyng (gerund). See part, -ing ¹, -ing ²

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Example Sentences

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parting partings

The conclusion was to banish Hesmondhalgh, who, in her parting words, said it had been an "immense experience".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fox announced last month that it was parting ways with Bartiromo after more than 12 years.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Instead, Iamaleava is remembered for his tumultuous exit from Knoxville, a parting characterized by head coach Josh Heupel that the program would move on without its starting signal-caller, leading the Long Beach product to UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Then there was the mystery about why the $52 billion defense contractor was parting ways with the veteran defense executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

With a parting glance at the Hixby’s Guide—did Penelope imagine it, or was it a longing, greedy, covetous sort of glance?—he left.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Don't forget your hairline and any partings to protect your scalp.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

I now hope that cross-species friendships of such intensity do not end in permanent partings.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022

Its story, held between the arbitrary-seeming brackets of electoral victory and pop-star overdose, is inchoate, and beguilingly so: a series of meetings and partings, a fluctuation of perceptions, emotions, and desires.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018

Her catalog of hairstyles, including Afros and undercuts along with more classically Western fades, lines and partings, was designed for a generation of expressive Britons who refuse to be groomed in a binary fashion.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2018

The neat partings in their hair, the clicks of their heels, the confident swagger they had.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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