Definitions for parting
ˈpɑr tɪŋpart·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farewell, leave, leave-taking, partingnoun

   the act of departing politely

   "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

2. part, partingnoun

   a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

   "his part was right in the middle"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. partingnoun

   A farewell, the act of departing politely.

2. partingnoun

   The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions ; part (US)

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parting

   Parting refers to the action of leaving or separating from someone or something. It can refer to both physical separation, such as leaving a place or person, or emotional separation, like ending a relationship. Additionally, in terms of hair styling, parting means the line created when hair is combusted in different directions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parting

   of Part

2. Parting

   serving to part; dividing; separating

3. Parting

   given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute

4. Parting

   departing

5. Parting

   admitting of being parted; partible

6. Partingnoun

   the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation

7. Partingnoun

   a separation; a leave-taking

8. Partingnoun

   a surface or line of separation where a division occurs

9. Partingnoun

   the surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section

10. Partingnoun

    the separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button

11. Partingnoun

    a joint or fissure, as in a coal seam

12. Partingnoun

    the breaking, as of a cable, by violence

13. Partingnoun

    lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae

14. Etymology: [From Part, v.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parting

   pärt′ing, adj. putting apart: separating: departing: given at parting.—n. the act of parting: a division: a point or a line of division: the division of the hair on the head in dressing it: (geol.) a division of a mineral into layers: a snapping or breaking under a great strain, as of a cable.—n. Part′ing-cup, a drinking-cup with two handles on opposite sides.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parting

   The state of being driven from the anchors by breaking the cables. The rupture or stranding of any tackle-fall or hawser.

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1. • Line

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Anagrams for parting »

1. prating

2. tarping

How to pronounce parting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say parting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of parting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of parting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of parting in a Sentence

1. Kevin Walling:

   I believe that the actions of both the House Ways and Means Committee and January 6thSelect Committee in the closing weeks of the year are more about accountability and the proper role of congressional oversight than any parting shots with GOP control on the horizon, there is a fine line between genuine fact findingand what the publicperceives as partisan oversight witch hunts that House Republicans will have to navigate in the new congress.

2. Edgar Allan Poe:

   Take this kiss upon the brow and, in parting from you now, thus much let me avow -- you are not wrong who deem that my days have been a dream yet if hope has flown away in a night, or in a day, in a vision, or in none, is it therefore the less gone all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

3. William Shakespeare:

   Good night, good night parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

4. Michael Kugelman:

   It’s not the kindest parting gift for Afghans, including those taking over the base.

5. Emily Dickenson:

   Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=parting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Parting
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parting
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=parting
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=parting
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=parting