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SAY FAREWELL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Say good-bye or bid farewell

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "say farewell" is one way to...):

greet; recognise; recognize (express greetings upon meeting someone)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "say farewell"):

dismiss; usher out (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody

Antonym:

welcome (bid welcome to; greet upon arrival)

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