- parting, parthian - delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte
Antonym: intermediate (indirect, via first, last)
Antonym: first (indirect, via last, intermediate)
- farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
--1 is a kind of departure, going, going away, leaving
--1 has particulars: valedictionDerived forms: verb part1, verb part3
- separate, part, split - go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun parting1
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- separate, part, split up, split, break, break up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
--3 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun parting1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- separate, divide, part - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
--4 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- separate, disunite, divide, part - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
--5 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
They part their hair