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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

part company en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To end a relationship.
  2. To separate; to go one's own way (of two or more people or things).
    • The vines parted company with the wall as I attempted the climb, and I crashed to the ground.
    • The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom who, with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is: Episode 16
    • On leaving Caernarvon, trains for Llanberis take the left-hand of the two single tracks, and run alongside the Afonwen line until they cross Morfa Bridge, where the two lines part company. 1958 October 14, J. M. Dunn, “The Afonwen Line—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 716:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
parted company Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
parted company Tense=Past lexicographic
parts company Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
parting company Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

part ways

Translations (5)

fr divorcer (to end a relationship) · fr se séparer (to separate, to go one's own way) · nl ieder zijn eigen weg gaan (to separate, to go one's own way) · nl uit elkaar gaan (to separate, to go one's own way) · nl scheiden (to end a relationship)