- parting words
- words said when departing, farewell words
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
parting words
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parting — [[t]pɑ͟ː(r)tɪŋ[/t]] partings 1) N VAR Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A parting is an occasion when this happens. Parting from any one of you for even a short time is hard... It was a dreadfully emotional parting. 2)… … English dictionary
parting — /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… … Universalium
parting — Synonyms and related words: Godspeed, abandonment, abstraction, adieu, alienation, aloha, annihilation, bane, biological death, breaking up, breakup, cessation of life, cleaving, clinical death, closing, concluding, conge, crossing the bar,… … Moby Thesaurus
parting — n. 1 a leave taking or departure (often attrib.: parting words). 2 Brit. the dividing line of combed hair. 3 a division; an act of separating. Phrases and idioms: parting shot = PARTHIAN SHOT … Useful english dictionary
Parting phrase — Parting phrases are elements of parting traditions, phrases used to acknowledge the parting of individuals or groups of people from each other.Parting phrases are specific to culture and situation, varying between persons based on social status… … Wikipedia
Parting Gifts — Infobox Television episode Title = Parting Gifts Series = Angel Wesley Wyndam Pryce, rogue demon hunter. Caption = {Caption|} Season = 1 Episode = 10 Airdate = December 14, 1999 Production = 1ADH10 Writer = David Fury Jeannine Renshaw Director =… … Wikipedia
parting shot — Synonyms and related words: PS, Parthian shot, addendum, afterthought, appendix, back answer, back matter, caustic remark, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, comeback, conclusion, consequence, continuance, continuation, crack, cut, cutting remark,… … Moby Thesaurus
The Parting of the Ways — Doctorwhobox number=170b serial name= The Parting of the Ways caption=The TARDIS crew face the Dalek Emperor and his army. show=DW type=episode doctor=Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor) David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) companion=Billie Piper (Rose… … Wikipedia
English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue … Wikipedia
The Parting Glass — is a traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It was allegedly the most popular song sung in both Scotland and Ireland before Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne . It was printed as a broadside in the 1770s, and first… … Wikipedia
