sendoff

See also: send off and send-off

English

Alternative forms

• send-off

Etymology

Deverbal of send off.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sendoff (plural sendoffs)

1. A party for a person (e.g. a fellow employee) who is leaving; a farewell party.

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

2. A party to recognize the passing (death) of a friend and allow survivors to reminisce about the person's life.

Related terms

• send off

Translations

farewell party

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

Anagrams

• ends off, offends