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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
farewell
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a farewell appearance (=a last appearance)
▪ His farewell appearance for the club was made in front of a packed crowd.
a farewell speech (=by someone who is leaving)
a farewell/goodnight kiss (=when saying goodbye or goodnight to someone)
▪ Don’t go to bed without your goodnight kiss!
a farewell/leaving party
▪ You didn’t come to Ken’s farewell party, did you?
fond farewell
▪ As we parted we said a fond farewell.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
final
▪ They visited the chapel on the north side and said their final farewell to their parents.
▪ After a final farewell to Tony I watched the train move off towards Dovey Junction.
▪ It seemed that all of Houston, and much of the nation, wanted to wish her a final farewell.
▪ The Leander class frigate headed for Portsmouth to be decommissioned after paying a final farewell to Teesside.
▪ Sailing away: Middlesbrough residents have bid their final farewell to their adopted ship.
▪ He waited as the final farewells were taken, and he was still waiting as the train pulled away.
▪ In front of the blue-and-white 707, he stopped for final farewells.
fond
▪ History may come to see that embrace as a gesture of fond farewell.
▪ I just can't get off the scale Moby and I swapped fond farewells as She-She led me away.
▪ I bid a fond farewell to the stack of porno mags beside my bed.
▪ And after designing 72 issues of Zzap! 64 I bid you all fond farewell and big hello to Commodore Force!
▪ I see it as a fond farewell.
▪ It was to be fond farewells all round.
▪ My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell.
■ NOUN
bid
▪ Indeed, she had scarcely enough presence of mind to return Sybil's bright smile and bid farewell to the genial innkeepers.
▪ On a sunny Friday afternoon, the Open bid farewell to Nicklaus, to date the greatest golfer who has ever lived.
dinner
▪ There's a weekly farewell dinner and you can expect a welcoming drink on arrival.
▪ Worse awaited the Vietminh leader two evenings later, at a farewell dinner organized by Zhou.
▪ The farewell dinner is at the historic Abbey Tavern, located in the fishing village of Howth.
▪ The afternoon is yours for further exploring, until a farewell dinner party during the evening.
party
▪ She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.
▪ Kate's local women's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty.
▪ On 8 August 1952 he and Joan gave a farewell party to Cambridge friends.
▪ On the Wednesday, we had two shows and a farewell party on a boat until 2.00am.
▪ Today's farewell party brought together staff who'd worked there during the Second World War.
▪ Simon Franks picked up another grey box containing the film for Ken O'Mara's farewell party.
speech
▪ Derek Henson returned to make a farewell speech.
▪ At the end of our first year, Professor McGuire gave us a farewell speech.
▪ Was his five-hour farewell speech to the 3,000 delegates all his own work?
▪ The following year, Davenport, after a moving farewell speech to the men, left for Bethlehem Steel.
■ VERB
bade
▪ At the time, however, rejected again, he bade farewell and, dejected, rode off.
▪ They all bade me farewell and that was that.
▪ They entertained them with the utmost hospitality and before they bade them farewell Helenus gave them useful advice about their journey.
▪ He bade farewell to Kurzlinger and Siegfried after a sustaining breakfast and drove south-west instead of north to Hannover.
▪ Her heart wits so heavy when she bade him farewell it was as if she foresaw what was to come.
▪ One day earlier, the Stratford to Tottenham Hale service in the east end of London bade farewell to passengers.
▪ He slowly packed, made sure his companions did likewise and bade an affectionate farewell to Lady Agnes.
say
▪ We all embrace touchingly and say our farewells.
▪ Time also had to be found to say our thanks and farewells properly to friends, well-wishers and benefactors.
▪ As Swindon celebrated, Hoddle was saying his farewells.
▪ Hank Greenwald said farewell to the Giants Sunday, and a whole bunch of people had that look.
▪ Everyone knew Gary Lineker was saying farewell to international football and a new dawn was beckoning.
▪ As she had never managed to say farewell to her father, I never said good-bye to her.
▪ And that's when Gooch will say farewell, having decided before the tour not to stay for the final fortnight.
▪ Even animals were known to have returned from the dead to say farewell to their beloved masters.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A celebration, a farewell party.
▪ Disorganized capitalism remains capitalism, and they make it clear that they are not bidding farewell to the working class.
▪ In January 1961, Eisenhower delivered his farewell address.
▪ Some wept as they bid the popular Aristide farewell.
▪ The final salute ... the Harriers say farewell to Kemble.
▪ We were also very pleased to welcome back retired employees,, and, who returned for the farewell.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Farewell

Farewell \Fare"well`\, a. Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.

Leans in his spear to take his farewell view.
--Tickell.

Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat.
--Ure.

Farewell

Farewell \Fare`well"\, interj. [Fare (thou, you) + well.] Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.

So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear.
--Milton.

Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever fare thee well.
--Byron.

Note: The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry.

Farewell

Farewell \Fare`well"\, n.

  1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.

  2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

    And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.
    --Shak.

    Before I take my farewell of the subject.
    --Addison.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
farewell

expression at parting, late 14c., from Middle English faren wel, verbal phrase attested by c.1200 (see fare (v.) + well (adv.)); usually said to the departing person, who replied with good-bye. As a noun, "a good-bye, a leave-taking," by early 15c. Expression to a fare-thee-well "to the last degree" is by 1884, American English.

Wiktionary
farewell
  1. parting, valedictory, final. interj. goodbye n. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu. v

  2. To bid farewell or say goodbye

WordNet
farewell
  1. n. an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting [syn: word of farewell]

  2. the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: leave, leave-taking, parting]

Wikipedia
Farewell (The Supremes album)

Farewell is a 1970 live album by Diana Ross & the Supremes. The album was recorded over the course of the group's final engagement together at the New Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, including the final night on January 14, 1970. The show marked Diana Ross' penultimate performance with fellow Supremes members Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong. At the conclusion of the show, new Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell was brought onstage and introduced to the audience.

Farewell (Tomiko Van album)

Farewell is Tomiko Van's first original studio album under the Avex Trax label. The album was released on March 29, 2006 with no singles released before it.

Farewell (Oingo Boingo album)

Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995 is a double live album and video of Oingo Boingo's final concert performance on Halloween night in 1995. As with all their live shows, the setlist included songs from across the band's large discography, many of which were given new arrangements. Also performed were some pieces written for studio albums but cut, such as Cinderella Undercover and Water, as well as the live-only songs Burn Me Up, Piggies and Clowns of Death. Several of the CD tracks were mixed from recordings from previous nights in the same tour, meaning the performances occasionally differ between formats. Just Another Day was only included on the double cassette release.

Farewell (Rod Stewart song)

"Farewell" is a song written by Martin Quittenton and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it on his 1974 album Smiler. Among the musicians featured were Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne on mandolin, and Ric Grech on violin.

When released as a single in the United Kingdom in September 1974, the song became a Top 10 hit (No. 7) as part of a double A-side with his medley " Bring It On Home to Me/ You Send Me". In the United States, this song was released as a single but its flip side, " Mine For Me," was the track that charted.

Farewell (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band album)

Farewell is the eighth studio recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album received a 1980 Grammy award nomination for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band."

Farewell (band)

Farewell is an American pop punk band formed in 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were signed to Epitaph Records releasing two CDs. After fulfilling their contractual obligations with the release of their second CD, the relationship with Epitaph ended.

Farewell (2009 film)

Farewell (; literally The Farewell Affair) is a 2009 French film directed by Christian Carion, starring Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica. The film is an espionage thriller loosely based on actions of the high-ranking KGB official, Vladimir Vetrov. It was released in the United States in June 2010. It was adapted from the book Bonjour Farewell: La vérité sur la taupe française du KGB (1997) by Serguei Kostine.

Farewell (Divinefire album)

Farewell is the fourth album released by the band Divinefire.

Farewell (1983 film)

Farewell is a 1983 Soviet film based on Valentin Rasputin's novel Farewell to Matyora and directed by Elem Klimov.

Farewell (Gil Evans album)

Farewell is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded by King Records (Japan) in New York in 1986 featuring Evans with his Monday Night Orchestra which included Hamiet Bluiett, Bill Evans, and Johnny Coles and originally released in the US on the Evidence label.

Farewell (Bob Dylan song)

Farewell, also known as Fare Thee Well, is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Dylan wrote the song in January 1963. He considered it for his third album, The Times They Are a-Changin', but only attempted a few takes during the album's first studio session. Dylan's earlier recordings of "Farewell" found their way onto various bootlegs, and a collection of demos that included the song was released in October 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964.

Over the years, "Farewell" has been recorded by about 20 other musicians worldwide, including Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Lonnie Donegan, Dion, and Tony Rice.

Farewell (Rihanna song)

"Farewell" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, from her sixth studio album Talk That Talk (2011). The song was written by Ester Dean and Alexander Grant, with production helmed by Grant under his production name Alex da Kid. Instrumentation consists of a piano.

Music critics were divided in their response to "Farewell". Rihanna's vocal performance was praised and criticized alike, with some critics citing the song as her best vocal performance to date, while others wrote it lacked any sense of feeling. It also received comparisons to Beyoncés " Halo" and Adeles " Someone like You", as well as Rihanna's own "Fire Bomb" (from her album Rated R). Upon the release of Talk That Talk, the song debuted at number 69 on the South Korea Gaon International Chart and number 155 on the UK Singles Chart.

Usage examples of "farewell".

Tickets for the Knights to attend the final, formal, farewell banquet of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society had been obtained for them, and Horsey wanted to make sure their appearance would bring prestige to the occasion.

Grand Ballroom of the Old Royal Maison New Orleans, Channel Fourteen brings you coverage of the final, formal, farewell banquet of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society.

Adin was referring to the last time he had seen Data-several months ago, after Data had delivered to Adin the personal farewell message prepared by Tasha Yar for the man she loved.

With an increasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell.

Giving her father and Alec a final farewell embrace, she rode in without a backward glance.

She said good-bye to him at Charles de Gaulle airport, surprising Bryson with the ardency of her hug, her kiss that was more than the farewell kiss of a friend, immediately after which she turned away in flushed embarrassment.

There every one shook hands with him, bidding him at once God-speed and farewell, while the soldiers lined the ramparts, and as he emerged from the gates saluted him with a rousing British cheer.

Jane lingered a while longer and embraced Aurora fondly when they said farewell.

He called after Dooly and retrieved the axolotls, and then with a last farewell, stepped ashore and disappeared around the ruined boathouse.

He then bade Liebgart a tender farewell, telling her that if he did not return she must marry none but the man who wore his ring, and sallied forth to deliver his people from the ravenous monsters whom he had thoughtlessly allowed to be bred in their midst.

There he bade his wife and children farewell, after committing them to the loyal protection of Roland.

The Cid escorted them part way on their journey, bade farewell to his daughters with much sorrow, and returned alone to Valencia, which appeared deserted without the presence of the children he loved.

Bidding farewell to the kindly shepherd I began to go down the hill mechanically, and I am still puzzled to know what instinct directed my steps towards that house, which common sense and fear also should have made me shun.

We had nothing now to look for in the future, the die was cast, and we began our farewell caresses.

I followed suit, and begged her to bid farewell for me to her learned cousin and to excuse my taking leave of her in person.