parting
part|ing /p'ɑːrtɪŋ/ (partings)
1 [N-VAR]
Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A parting is an occasion when this happens.
It was a dreadfully emotional parting.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
3 [N-COUNT]
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. (BRIT; in AM, use part)
4 [PHRASE]
When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
...a negotiated parting of the ways for the three Baltic republics.part|ing shot (parting shots)
[N-COUNT]
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.
He turned to face her for his parting shot. `You're one coldhearted woman, you know that?'
1 [N-VAR]
Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A parting is an occasion when this happens.
It was a dreadfully emotional parting.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
3 [N-COUNT]
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. (BRIT; in AM, use part)
4 [PHRASE]
When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
...a negotiated parting of the ways for the three Baltic republics.part|ing shot (parting shots)
[N-COUNT]
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.
He turned to face her for his parting shot. `You're one coldhearted woman, you know that?'