farewell

[ fair-wel ]
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interjection
  1. goodbye; may you fare well: Farewell, and may we meet again in happier times.

noun
  1. an expression of good wishes at parting: They made their farewells and left.

  2. leave-taking; departure: a fond farewell.

  1. a party given to a person who is about to embark on a long journey, retire, leave an organization, etc.

adjective
  1. parting; valedictory; final: a farewell performance.

Origin of farewell

1
First recorded in 1325–75, farewell is from the Middle English word farwel.See fare, well1

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Other definitions for Farewell (2 of 2)

Farewell
[ fair-wel ]

noun
  1. Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.

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How to use farewell in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for farewell

farewell

/ (ˌfɛəˈwɛl) /


sentence substitute
  1. goodbye; adieu

noun
  1. a parting salutation

  2. an act of departure; leave-taking

  1. (modifier) expressing leave-taking: a farewell speech

verb(tr)
  1. Australian and NZ to honour (a person) at his departure, retirement, etc

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