sendoff

See also: send off and send-off

English

Alternative forms

• send-off

Etymology

Deverbal from send off.

Pronunciation

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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.
2. A party for an colleague who is leaving; a farewell party.

   We had a sendoff for our departing colleague as he left for a new job.

3. A memorial service or funeral.

Related terms

• send off

Translations

farewell party

• Bulgarian: изпращане n (izpraštane)
• Catalan: acomiadament m
• Esperanto: adiaŭfesto
• Finnish: läksiäiset (fi)
• French: fête d'adieu (fr), pot de départ (fr) m
• German: Abschiedsfeier (de) f
• Hungarian: búcsúztató (hu), búcsúünnepség, búcsúparti
• Italian: incamminamento (it) m
• Polish: impreza pożegnalna f
• Spanish: despedida (es) f
• Swedish: avskedsfest (sv) c
• Ukrainian: прощавальна вечірка f (proščavalʹna večirka)

Anagrams

• ends off, offends