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- [leev tey-king]
- /liv ˈteɪ kɪŋ/
- /liːv teɪk/
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- [leev tey-king]
- /liv ˈteɪ kɪŋ/
Definitions of leave-taking word
- noun leave-taking a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief. 1
- noun leave-taking the act of departing; a farewell 0
- noun leave-taking the act of taking leave, or saying goodbye 0
- noun leave-taking The process of saying goodbye. 0
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Origin of leave-taking
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1325-75
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Leave-taking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
leave-taking popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for leave-taking
noun leave-taking
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- goodbye — a farewell.
- valediction — an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- parting — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- adios — goodbye; farewell
Antonyms for leave-taking
noun leave-taking
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