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