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There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.
Helen Hayes

Meaning of "parting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARTING

parting  [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parting can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PARTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of parting in the English dictionary

The first definition of parting in the dictionary is the line of scalp showing when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions US, Canadian, and Austral equivalent: part. Other definition of parting is the act of separating or the state of being separated. Parting is also a departure or leave-taking, esp one causing a final separation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARTING


backstarting
ˈbækˌstɑːtɪŋ
blokarting
ˈbləʊˌkɑːtɪŋ
cheating
ˈtʃiːtɪŋ
computing
kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ
darting
ˈdɑːtɪŋ
eating
ˈiːtɪŋ
go-carting
ˈɡəʊkɑːtɪŋ
go-karting
ˈɡəʊkɑːtɪŋ
greeting
ˈɡriːtɪŋ
heating
ˈhiːtɪŋ
karting
ˈkɑːtɪŋ
meeting
ˈmiːtɪŋ
recruiting
rɪˈkruːtɪŋ
reporting
rɪˈpɔːtɪŋ
seating
ˈsiːtɪŋ
shooting
ˈʃuːtɪŋ
sporting
ˈspɔːtɪŋ
supporting
səˈpɔːtɪŋ
sweethearting
ˈswiːtˌhɑːtɪŋ
troubleshooting
ˈtrʌbəlʃuːtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARTING

particularizer
particularly
particularness
particulars
Particulars of Claim
particulate
particulates
partied
partier
parties
parting shot
parting strip
partisan
partisanly
partisanship
partita
partite
partition
partition coefficient
partitioner

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARTING

accounting
cold starting
comforting
discomforting
disconcerting
diverting
importing
nonsporting
parallel importing
ripsnorting
self-asserting
self-supporting
shirting
skirting
smirting
snorting
sorting
Storting
undiverting
unsporting
water parting

Synonyms and antonyms of parting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PARTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «parting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of parting

Translation of «parting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARTING

Find out the translation of parting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

分别
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despedida
570 millions of speakers

English

parting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिदाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فُرَاقٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отъезд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despedida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছাড়াছাড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

séparation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpisah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abschied
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

別れ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

출발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự chia tay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளவுபட்டது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वियोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayrılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

separazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozdzielanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розставання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despărțire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χωρισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afskeid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avsked
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avskjed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARTING»

The term «parting» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parting

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10 QUOTES WITH «PARTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word parting.
1
Raymond Burr
I only hope that I can regain my own identity once I decide that 'Perry Mason' and myself have come to the parting of the road. 'Perry Mason' has become a career for me... all I know is that I work, eat and sleep 'Perry Mason.'
2
Charles Dickens
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
3
Tryon Edwards
Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
4
Richard Farnsworth
I don't know if you saw the parting of the Red Sea with the chariots on the horses, I did stuff like that.
5
Tibor Fischer
Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me.
6
Lady Gregory
It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what was beyond these and yet farther beyond that drawingroom poet of my childhood in the expression of love, and grief, and the pain of parting, that are the disclosure of the individual soul.
7
Helen Hayes
There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.
8
Jessica Jackley
There are so many different kinds of motivation for investing or giving or parting with your money in whatever other way, and plain old financial return is obviously attractive. But people are not always rational and are not just looking for that.
9
Nagarjuna
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
10
Erin O'Connor
When I first began modeling, I was very conventional looking. I had hair down to my waist in a side parting - almost church-like. But beneath the sheath of hair lay this Amazonian, strong-looking frame.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARTING»

Discover the use of parting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism
Judith Butler follows Edward Said’s late suggestion that only through a consideration of Palestinian dispossession in relation to Jewish diasporic traditions will a new ethos for a one-state solution emerge.
Judith Butler, 2013
2
Parting: A Handbook for Spiritual Care Near the End of Life
Transcending any specific religion or culture, this handbook addresses universal spiritual needs that can be met through meaningful human relationships as well as individual faith. '"Why are we here?
Jennifer Sutton Holder, Jann Aldredge-Clanton, 2009
3
The Fiscus Judaicus and the Parting of the Ways
In this study, the author pays special attention to the Roman and Jewish context of the Book of Revelation, the Letter to the Hebrews, and the Gospel of John, including the debate about the birkat ha-minim .
Marius Heemstra, 2010
4
Parting: for voice and piano
The piece was composed in Melbourne in 1947 when Sculthorpe was 17 years of age. It is signed and dated February 1947. In addition there is a note written by Sculthorpe in June 1979, authenticating and explaining the manuscript.
Peter Sculthorpe, 1995
5
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations.
Taylor Branch, 2007
6
Jews and Christians: The Parting of the Ways, A.D. 70 to 135 ...
This volume contains papers from the second Durham-Tubingen Research Symposium on Earliest Christianity and Judaism that help clarify the extent to which we can speak of the parting of the ways between Christianity and Judaism.
James D. G. Dunn, 1992
7
Badger's parting gifts
Badger's friends are sad when he dies, but they treasure the legacies he left them.
Susan Varley, 1984
8
A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger
A Parting of the Ways looks at the origins of this split through the lens of one defining episode: the disputation in Davos, Switzerland, in 1929, between the two most eminent German philosophers, Ernst Cassirer and Martin Heidegger.
Michael Friedman, 2013
9
Parting Ways: New Rituals and Celebrations of Life's Passing
Parting Ways explores the emergence of new end-of-life rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed.
Denise Carson, 2011
10
Parting Ways: The Crisis in German-American Relations
Warning of the possibilities of an even deeper German-American split, Szabo (European studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins U.) argues that the rift between the United States and Germany is due ...
Stephen F. Szabo, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Parting Shot: House buying? It's a war zone out there
Walking around an open home last Saturday and there's two 20-something women discussing what they'll do with the built-in bedroom ... «Scene Queenstown, Jul 15»
2
Delaware Hospitals Will No Longer Give New Moms Formula As …
And that is one reason infant formula will no longer be given as a parting gift. Spokeswoman Lisl Phelps says pushing a brand name formula is ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
3
Parting Shots
Governor uses keynote-speech platform at Vatican conference to scold climate-change deniers in politics as “troglodytes” who refuse to accept ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Eagles and Chip Kelly aren't parting anytime soon
Eagles and Chip Kelly aren't parting anytime soon. Share0 Tweet0 Reddit0 Email0. 7 Comments. Chip Kelly is entering his third year as Eagles ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
5
Chris Brown finally gets to leave Philippines, watch his parting
He was filmed heading out of Manila while on the tarmac. He had a parting message for the Philippines in a video posted on Instagram: ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
6
The List: dramatic parting gestures
That was long, even by Japanese standards, but other parting gestures have been more dramatic — as Andrew Hill, the FT's management ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
7
Parting shot
Parting shot. Published: July 24, 2015 5:35PM. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian. The sun sets over the Columbia River last Friday. Buy this photo. Parting shot ... «Daily Astorian, Jul 15»
8
Manor family parting with WWII memorabilia at estate sale
Talisa Harshman, owner of Turn Key Clean-Outs and Estate Sales in Sarver, organizes buttons, knives and other World War II memorabilia ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
9
Rolls Royce parting from tradition with 'playful, more daring' Dawn
This is a story about a car, but you may need a cold shower after reading it. The Dawn “promises a striking, seductive encounter,” CEO Torsten ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
10
Philadelphia Eagles: Another reason for parting with LeSean McCoy
The offseason for the Philadelphia Eagles has come with controversy, doubt, and frustration. Fortunately for the Eagles, all of those nouns have ... «isportsweb.com, Jul 15»

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