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)

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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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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. Laurie Rimon:

   It was not easy parting with the coin, after all, it is not every day one discovers such an amazing object, but I hope I will see it displayed in a museum in the near future. Related : Archaeologists discover ancient Anglo-Saxon island in UK countryside It was quickly determined this was not just any coin. It dates to 107 AD and was part of a series of nostalgic coins that Emperor Trajan minted and dedicated to the Roman emperors that ruled before Emperor Trajan. The only other coin of this kind is believed to be the one held by the British Museum. Two other gold coins of this emperor have been registered in the State Treasures, one from Giv ‘ at Shaul near Jerusalem, and the other from the Qiryat Gat region, Donald T. Ariel, head curator of the coin department at the Israel Antiquities Authority, said in a statement. But the details on both are different to those that appear on the coin found by Rimon.

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. Eric Beckman:

   The selkie story is not necessarily a happy story, it's about the risk of falling in love with magical creatures, and there's parting and sorrow.

4. Laurie Rimon:

   It was not easy parting with the coin, after all, it is not every day one discovers such an amazing object, but I hope I will see it displayed in a museum in the near future.

5. President Obama:

   Obama told former adviserDavid Axelrod. Trump promptly responded to Obama’s parting shot with one of his own.

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