parting

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being parted.
3. (countable, uncountable) A farewell, the act of departing politely.
4. (British, countable, uncountable) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
5. (countable, uncountable) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
6. (countable, uncountable) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
7. (countable, uncountable) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
8. (countable, uncountable) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
9. (countable, uncountable) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Verb

present participle and gerund of part

part

• Noun
• Verb
• Adj
• Adv

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Synonyms

farewell

separation

leave-taking

part

departure

goodbye

👋

leave

division

detachment

dividing

partition

adieu

disconnection

divide

opening

disunion

separating

splitting

part

valedictory

segregation

valediction

leaving

loosening

offshoot

partitioning

rationing

resegregation

ripping

scattering

secession

section

sectioning

segregating

septum

slit

split

switch

turnover

unpack

untack

vale

withdrawal

part from

leavetaking

compartition

death

💀

divorce

disseverance

taking leave

Translations

Abschied

Trennung

Scheitel

addio

👋

riga

raie

separazione

despedida

divisione

séparation

scheiding

afscheid

raya

χωρισμός

separación

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, part + -ing.