"sendoff" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sendoff.wav Forms: sendoffs [plural], send-off [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from send off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|send off}} Deverbal from send off Head templates: {{en-noun}} sendoff (plural sendoffs)
  1. A demonstration of affection and well-wishing to someone leaving a place or group to begin a new undertaking; a farewell.
    Sense id: en-sendoff-en-noun-FaFIFDGj
  2. A party for an colleague who is leaving; a farewell party. Translations (farewell party): изпращане (izpraštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), acomiadament [masculine] (Catalan), adiaŭfesto (Esperanto), läksiäiset (Finnish), fête d'adieu (French), pot de départ [masculine] (French), Abschiedsfeier [feminine] (German), búcsúztató (Hungarian), búcsúünnepség (Hungarian), búcsúparti (Hungarian), incamminamento [masculine] (Italian), impreza pożegnalna [feminine] (Polish), despedida [feminine] (Spanish), avskedsfest [common-gender] (Swedish), прощавальна вечірка (proščavalʹna večirka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sendoff-en-noun-7eZa3Nch Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Parties Disambiguation of English deverbals: 25 68 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 73 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 67 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 74 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 74 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 60 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 60 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 67 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 60 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 66 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 60 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 59 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 61 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 60 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 62 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 60 15 Disambiguation of Parties: 22 63 15 Disambiguation of 'farewell party': 22 76 3
  3. A memorial service or funeral.
    Sense id: en-sendoff-en-noun-DEk0YAiN Categories (other): Funeral Disambiguation of Funeral: 3 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: send off

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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