Parting - English meaning

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Usage examples:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

exclamation

Goodbye.

Usage examples:

I shall return presently with trans-tasman tales of fun, frolics and fermented beverages… adieu!

noun

A goodbye.

Usage examples:

He whispered a fond adieu

exclamation

Goodbye

Usage examples:

Bid someone adieu she bade (= said to) him adieu and left.

noun

An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

Usage examples:

A breach of confidence

verb

Make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).

Usage examples:

The river breached its bank

noun

An act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship

Usage examples:

Breach of they felt that our discussions with other companies constituted a breach of our agreement…

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

verb

Give up (power or territory).

Usage examples:

In 1874, the islands were ceded to britain

verb

To give control or possession of something, esp. land to someone else, often unwillingly or because forced to do so

Usage examples:

New orleans was ceded to spain in 1763.

verb

To give something such as control, power, or a right to someone else, especially unwillingly

Usage examples:

She says that she is finally learning to delegate, though she's still reluctant to cede control., c…

noun

The action of leaving, especially to start a journey.

Usage examples:

The day of departure

noun

The act of leaving a place, job, etc., or an occasion when this happens

Usage examples:

[ u ] departure is scheduled for 2 p.m., [ c ] our departure was delayed because of bad weather., […

noun

The act of leaving a company or a job

Usage examples:

The current finance director will retire, but she has set no date for her departure., a sudden/surp…

noun

The state of being objective or aloof.

Usage examples:

He felt a sense of detachment from what was going on

noun

A group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty

Usage examples:

A detachment of paratroopers

noun

A feeling of not being emotionally involved

Usage examples:

Air of detachment she had an air of detachment about her.

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

verb

Separate or be separated into parts.

Usage examples:

Consumer magazines can be divided into a number of categories

noun

A difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension.

Usage examples:

There was still a profound cultural divide between the parties

verb

Present participle of divide

Usage examples:

At the end of the lecture, i'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups., after…

noun

The action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

Usage examples:

The division of the land into small fields

noun

The separation of something into parts or groups, or one of the parts or groups that has been separated

Usage examples:

[ u ] the division of responsibilities among the officers of the company was spelled out in detail.…

noun

One of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into

Usage examples:

The year-on-year profit figure for the division fell by 36%., investment/services/international div…

noun

The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.

Usage examples:

Her divorce from her first husband

verb

Legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone).

Usage examples:

She divorced him in 1965

noun

A divorced person.

noun

The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.

Usage examples:

The artist's paintings from this period reflect his growing estrangement from his family

noun

A period when you are estranged from someone (= no longer friendly with them), or the fact of no longer being friendly

Usage examples:

Their reunion followed a long estrangement., he talked about his estrangement from his family., col…

noun

A feeling that you do not understand someone or something, or do not have any connection with him, her, or it

Usage examples:

Estrangement from many college athletes share a feeling of estrangement from the other students.

exclamation

Used to express good wishes on parting.

Usage examples:

Farewell albert!

noun

An act of parting or of marking someone's departure.

Usage examples:

The dinner had been arranged as a farewell

verb

Mark the departure or retirement of (someone) with a ceremony or party.

Usage examples:

I farewelled my scandinavian companions, and departed on a kodiak boat with the americans judy, han…

verb

Go without (something desirable).

Usage examples:

She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could

verb

To give up or do without

Usage examples:

She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.

verb

To not have or do something enjoyable

Usage examples:

Forgo the pleasure of i shall have to forgo the pleasure of seeing you this week.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 32, a shiny grey metalloid. germanium was important in the making of transistors and other semiconductor devices, but has been largely replaced by silicon.

The chemical element germanium.

phrasal verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb

To stop doing or to stop having something

Usage examples:

He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb

To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult

Usage examples:

She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

verb

Move from one place to another; travel.

Usage examples:

He went out to the shops

noun

An attempt or trial at something.

Usage examples:

Have a go at answering the questions yourself

adjective

Functioning properly.

Usage examples:

All systems go

exclamation

Used to express good wishes when parting or at the end of a conversation.

Usage examples:

Papa remained stoic for the most part, but sounded rather choked when he wished me goodbye.

noun

An instance of saying ‘goodbye’; a parting.

Usage examples:

We said our goodbyes and set off

exclamation

Said when you are going away from someone else, or the act of saying this when you are going away

Usage examples:

[ u ] goodbye, roberto, and thanks again for a great dinner., [ u ] don’t go without saying goodbye…

phrasal verb

To surrender someone or something to another

phrasal verb

To give something to someone, esp. after being asked or told to do this

Usage examples:

Tighter sanctions will be sought unless the suspects are handed over by the end of february.

phrasal verb

To give someone else control of or responsibility for something

Usage examples:

To hand over control/power/responsibility, hand sth over to sb the founder handed the company over …

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun

Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

Joe was home on leave

noun

An act of saying goodbye

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

verb

(of a plant) put out new leaves.

Usage examples:

Trees leaved, wild flowers burst in profusion on the far side of the lake.

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

idiom

To stop holding something or someone

Usage examples:

Brandon let go of her hand and ran across the street.

idiom

Different ideas or a disagreement about something that make two people or groups decide they cannot work together any longer

Usage examples:

We had a parting of the ways over when we couldn't agree on how to manage the company.

noun

(especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.

Usage examples:

The country's partition into separate states

verb

Divide into parts.

Usage examples:

An agreement was reached to partition the country

noun

The division of something into smaller parts, or something that divides a space

Usage examples:

[ u ] the partition of the building into separate apartments brought in enough income that she coul…

verb

Divide into parts.

Usage examples:

An agreement was reached to partition the country

noun

(especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.

Usage examples:

The country's partition into separate states

noun

A structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall.

Usage examples:

The cafe was divided up by glass partitions

verb

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Usage examples:

He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

verb

Formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).

Usage examples:

Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the french crown

verb

To say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Gandhi renounced the use of violence.

verb

To say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house., gandhi renounced the use of violence.

noun

A crack, split, or break in something.

Usage examples:

The wind had torn open a rift in the clouds

verb

Break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.

Usage examples:

The indian landmass rifted from madagascar about 90 million years ago

noun

Something that divides partners or friends

Usage examples:

The border dispute caused a rift between canada and the us.

noun

An act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity.

Usage examples:

They offer sacrifices to the spirits

verb

Offer or kill as a religious sacrifice.

Usage examples:

The goat was sacrificed at the shrine

verb

To give up something for something else considered more important

Usage examples:

He sacrificed his vacations to work on his book., [ u ] animal/ritual sacrifice, [ c ] my parents m…

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

noun

The action or state of moving or being moved apart.

Usage examples:

The damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children

noun

The action of ending a connection or relationship.

Usage examples:

The severance and disestablishment of the irish church

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

noun

The action of dividing or being divided into parts.

Usage examples:

The splitting of water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen is critical

adjective

(of a headache) severe.

Usage examples:

I woke up with a splitting headache

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

verb

Stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.

Usage examples:

Over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities

noun

The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence.

Usage examples:

The final surrender of germany on 8 may 1945

verb

Relinquish possession or control over

noun

The action of saying farewell.

Usage examples:

He lifted his hand and spread his palm in valediction

verb

Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

Usage examples:

The land yields grapes and tobacco

noun

An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product.

Usage examples:

The milk yield was poor

verb

Give or supply