: a place or point where a division or separation occurs
: given, taken, or done at parting
a parting kiss
Examples of parting in a Sentence
Noun
I feared the morning, for I knew that our parting would be difficult.
On parting, he took my hand and promised to return.
“Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow…”
—
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
the parting of the Red Sea
Adjective
His parting words to me were “Be patient.”
As her parting shot, she said that the other candidate simply did not understand the needs of the city's citizens.
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
the parting of the Red Sea
Adjective
His parting words to me were “Be patient.”
As her parting shot, she said that the other candidate simply did not understand the needs of the city's citizens.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Could the Mountain West send San Diego State’s basketball team, as a parting gift, to play at Grand Canyon next season?
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
This pre-arranged parting, announced last November, was meant to suit Lineker and the BBC after 26 years wedded together but a relationship strained to breaking point by his airing of political opinions will now not stretch that far.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The parting is said to be amicable, and Zolner’s role will not be filled.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
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Noun
These are two mob bosses that have had a parting of ways.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Could the Mountain West send San Diego State’s basketball team, as a parting gift, to play at Grand Canyon next season?
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
This pre-arranged parting, announced last November, was meant to suit Lineker and the BBC after 26 years wedded together but a relationship strained to breaking point by his airing of political opinions will now not stretch that far.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The parting is said to be amicable, and Zolner’s role will not be filled.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Parting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parting. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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parting
1 of 2 noun
part·ing
ˈpärt-iŋ 
2
: a place where a division or separation occurs
a parting of the ways
3
: leave-taking
shake hands at parting
parting
2 of 2 adjective1
: being in the process of departing
2
: serving to divide : separating
3
: given, taken, or performed at parting
a parting kiss
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