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.
Synonyms: farewell, departure, goodbye, leave-taking More Synonyms of parting
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Your parting words or actions are the things that you say or do as you are leaving a place or person.
Her parting words left him feeling empty and alone.
...his bold parting kiss.
3. countable noun
The parting in someone's hair is the line running from the front to the back of their head where their hair lies in different directions.
[British]regional note: in AM, use part
4.
See parting of the ways
More Synonyms of parting
parting in British English
(ˈpɑːtɪŋ)
noun
1. British
the line of scalp showing when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
US, Canadian, and Austral equivalent: part
2.
the act of separating or the state of being separated
3.
a.
a departure or leave-taking, esp one causing a final separation
b.
(as modifier)
a parting embrace
4.
a place or line of separation or division
5. chemistry
a division of a crystal along a plane that is not a cleavage plane
6. a euphemism for death
adjective(prenominal)
7. literary
departing
the parting day
8.
serving to divide or separate
parting in American English
(ˈpɑrtɪŋ)
adjective
1.
dividing; separating
2.
departing
3.
given, spoken, done, etc. at parting
noun
4.
the act of breaking, dividing, or separating
5.
a place of division or separation; dividing point or line
6.
something that separates or divides
7.
a leave-taking or departure
8.
death
Examples of 'parting' in a sentence
parting
It was a good parting of the ways.
The Sun (2016)
His parting shot surprised some ministers.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It is hard to see how he can stay in his current position for much longer and a parting of the ways seems inevitable.
The Sun (2016)
One parting shot proved that he departed under something of a cloud.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
It was a really nice parting gift.
The Sun (2008)
Take a deep side parting using a comb to section off your hair.
The Sun (2012)
The cruising speed of a car is a bit like the natural parting in your hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Here he has a flower in his lapel and a parting in the middle of his hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We need a unified team going forward and we are arranging the parting of the ways.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She has a pink streak in her hair along her parting.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This led to a parting of the ways between the owner of the life and its compiler.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Make a straight side parting and secure hair into a low ponytail opposite.
The Sun (2010)
The sad parting of the ways is almost upon us.
The Sun (2012)
The origins of this great parting of the ways can be traced back at least a decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The diva appeared to be one clump short of a full head as she sported a middle parting.
The Sun (2008)
Next, comb in a deep side parting and fix in place with hairspray.
The Sun (2014)
My thoughts had been much occupied over these last days with the problem of what to give my special friends as a parting gift.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
I had a centre parting with curly hair.
The Sun (2012)
In time the dreams began to fade like old photographs in the sunlight in the slow, final parting.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
His parting shot: 'Let me know how you get on without the heat.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He received a religious history book as a parting gift; she was sent to an aunt in Tiverton.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That turned out to be his parting gift to his boyhood club as he heads for the Theatre of Dreams in great shape.
The Sun (2011)
It was a deluded parting shot from a captain whose lack of runs has been the single biggest reason for England's wretched performances.
The Sun (2015)
STEP 4 Part the hair in a deep side parting.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Quotations
Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hellEmily Dickinson`My life closed twice before its close'
Parting is such sweet sorrowWilliam ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet
The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the waysBible: Ezekiel
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part, Nay, I have done: you get no more of me, And I am glad, yea glad with all my heart, That thus so cleanly, I myself can free, Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows, That we one jot of former love retainMichael DraytonIdea: Sonnet 61
In every parting there is an image of deathGeorge EliotScenes of Clerical Life
In other languages
parting
British English: parting /ˈpɑːtɪŋ/ NOUN
leavingParting is the act of leaving a particular person or place.
After her parting with Jackson she lived in Provence.
American English: parting
Arabic: فُرَاقٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: despedida
Chinese: 分别
Croatian: rastanak
Czech: loučení
Danish: afsked
Dutch: afscheid
European Spanish: despedida
Finnish: lähtö
French: séparation
German: Abschied
Greek: χωρισμός
Italian: separazione
Japanese: 別れ
Korean: 출발
Norwegian: avskjed
Polish: rozdzielanie
European Portuguese: partida
Romanian: despărțire
Russian: отъезд
Latin American Spanish: despedida
Swedish: avsked farväl
Thai: การจากกัน
Turkish: ayrılış
Ukrainian: розставання
Vietnamese: sự chia tay
British English: parting ADJECTIVE
Your parting words or actions are the things that you say or do as you are leaving a place or person.
Her parting words left him feeling empty and alone.
American English: parting
Brazilian Portuguese: de despedida
Chinese: 离别的
European Spanish: de despedida
French: d'adieu
German: Abschieds-
Italian: d'addio
Japanese: 別れの
Korean: 작별의
European Portuguese: de despedida
Latin American Spanish: de despedida
British English: parting NOUN
in hair The parting in someone's hair is the line running from the front to the back of their head where their hair lies in different directions.
American English: parting
Brazilian Portuguese: separação
Chinese: 分缝头发的
European Spanish: raya
French: raie
German: Scheitel
Italian: scriminatura
Japanese: 髪の分け目
Korean: 가르마
European Portuguese: separação
Latin American Spanish: raya
All related terms of 'parting'
part
A part of something is one of the pieces, sections, or elements that it consists of.
parting shot
If someone makes a parting shot , they make an unpleasant or forceful remark at the end of a conversation , and then leave so that no-one has the chance to reply .
parting strip
a thin strip of wood, metal, etc, used to separate two adjoining materials
water parting
→ watershed (sense 1 )
parting of the ways
When there is a parting of the ways , two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
part with
If you part with something that is valuable or that you would prefer to keep, you give it or sell it to someone else.
Chinese translation of 'parting'
parting
(ˈpɑːtɪŋ)
n
(c/u) (= leave-taking) 分离(離) (fēnlí)
(c/u) (= separation) 分界 (fēnjiè)
(c) (Brit, in hair) 分缝(縫) (fēnfèng)
美 = part
adj
[words, gift, kiss]临(臨)别(別)的 (línbié de)
parting shot临(臨)别(別)恶(惡)语(語) (línbié èyǔ)
part
(pɑːt)
n
(c/u) (= section, division) 部分 (bùfen) (个(個), gè)
⇒ She spent the first part of her honeymoon in hospital.她蜜月的头一部分是在医院里度过的。 (Tā mìyuè de tóu yī bùfen shì zài yīyuàn li dùguò de.)
⇒ The exam is divided into two parts.考试分为两部分。 (Kǎoshì fēn wéi liǎng bùfen.)
⇒ This is still a major problem in some parts of the world.这仍然是世界上某些地方的一个主要问题。 (Zhè réngrán shì shìjiè shang mǒuxiē dìfang de yī gè zhǔyào wèntí.)
⇒ King Lear is certainly the most difficult part in the play.李尔王无疑是这部戏中最难的角色。 (Lǐ'ěrwáng wúyí shì zhè bù xì zhōng zuì nán de juésè.)
(s) (= involvement) 份儿(兒) (fènr)
⇒ If only he could conceal his part in the accident.但愿他会隐瞒他在事故中也有份儿。 (Dànyuàn tā huì yǐnmán tā zài shìgù zhōng yě yǒu fènr.)
(c) (of serialized story, play) 分部 (fēnbù)
(c) (US, in hair) 分缝(縫) (fēnfèng)
英 = parting
(c) (Mus) 声(聲)部 (shēngbù) (个(個), gè)
adv
=partly
vt
(= separate)
[objects]分开(開) (fēnkāi)
[couple, family members]使分开(開) (shǐ fēnkāi)
[fighters]拉开(開) (lākāi)
(= divide)[hair]分 (fēn)
vi
(= leave each other)[couple]分手 (fēnshǒu)
(= take one's leave)[people]分别(別) (fēnbié)
(= divide)[crowd]分开(開) (fēnkāi)
to take part in (= participate in) 参(參)加 (cānjiā)
to play a part in (= be part of) 在 ... 中起作用 (zài ... zhōng qǐ zuòyòng)
to look the part仪(儀)表得体(體) (yíbiǎo détǐ)
to take sth in good part不因某事而见(見)怪 (bù yīn mǒushì ér jiànguài)
to take sb's part支持某人 (zhīchí mǒurén)
on sb's part在某人方面 (zài mǒurén fāngmiàn)
for my/his part就我/他来(來)说(說) (jiù wǒ/tā lái shuō)
for the most part (= usually, generally) 大抵 (dàdǐ)
in part在某种(種)程度上 (zài mǒu zhǒng chéngdù shang)
for the better or best part of the day一天中大部分时(時)间(間) (yī tiān zhōng dà bùfen shíjiān)
to be part and parcel of sth某事物的主要组(組)成部分 (mǒushìwù de zhǔyào zǔchéng bùfen)
1 (noun)
Definition
a departure or leave-taking
It was a dreadfully emotional parting.
Synonyms
farewell
a touching farewell
departure
The airline has more than 90 scheduled departures from here each day.
goodbye
It was a very emotional goodbye.
leave-taking
For him, the leave-taking was heartbreaking.
adieu
We said our adieus and left.
valediction
She raised her hand in valediction.
2 (noun)
Definition
the act of dividing (something)
Through a parting in the mist, we saw a huddle of buildings.
Synonyms
division
the division between north and south
breaking
split
a split in the party
separation
They agreed to a trial separation.
rift
They hope to heal the rift with their father.
partition
the fighting which followed the partition of India
detachment
rupture
a major rupture between the two countries
divergence
There's substantial divergence of opinion in the party.
(modifier)
Her parting words were sad, yet hopeful that they would meet again.
Synonyms
farewell
last
final
departing
valedictory
idiom
See parting of the ways
Quotations
Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell [Emily Dickinson – `My life closed twice before its close']Parting is such sweet sorrow [William Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet]The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the ways [Bible: Ezekiel]Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part, Nay, I have done: you get no more of me, And I am glad, yea glad with all my heart, That thus so cleanly, I myself can free, Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows, That we one jot of former love retain [Michael Drayton – Idea: Sonnet 61]In every parting there is an image of death [George Eliot – Scenes of Clerical Life]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of adieu
Definition
goodbye
We said our adieus and left.
Synonyms
goodbye,
parting,
farewell,
leave-taking,
valediction,
congé,
haere ra (New Zealand)
in the sense of departure
Definition
the act of departing
The airline has more than 90 scheduled departures from here each day.
Synonyms
leaving,
going,
retirement,
withdrawal,
exit,
going away,
removal,
exodus,
leave-taking,
setting out or off
in the sense of detachment
Synonyms
separation,
severing,
disengagement,
disconnection,
disjoining
Synonyms of 'parting'
parting
Explore 'parting' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of divergence
There's substantial divergence of opinion in the party.
Synonyms
difference,
varying,
departure,
disparity,
deviation,
separation
in the sense of goodbye
Definition
the act of saying goodbye
It was a very emotional goodbye.
Synonyms
farewell,
parting,
leave-taking
in the sense of leave-taking
Definition
a departing
For him, the leave-taking was heartbreaking.
Synonyms
departure,
going,
leaving,
parting,
goodbye,
farewell,
valediction,
sendoff (informal)
in the sense of partition
Definition
the division of a country into two or more independent countries
the fighting which followed the partition of India
Synonyms
division,
splitting,
dividing,
separation,
segregation,
severance
in the sense of rift
Definition
a break in friendly relations between people or groups of people
They hope to heal the rift with their father.
Synonyms
breach,
difference,
division,
split,
separation,
falling out (informal),
disagreement,
quarrel,
alienation,
schism,
estrangement
in the sense of rupture
Definition
a breach of peaceful or friendly relations
a major rupture between the two countries
Synonyms
breach,
split,
hostility,
falling-out (informal),
disagreement,
contention,
feud,
disruption,
quarrel,
rift,
break,
bust-up (informal),
dissolution,
altercation,
schism,
estrangement
in the sense of separation
Definition
the living apart of a married couple without divorce
They agreed to a trial separation.
Synonyms
split-up,
parting,
split,
divorce,
break-up,
farewell,
rift,
estrangement,
leave-taking
in the sense of split
Definition
a division in a group or the smaller group resulting from such a division