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sendoff

sendoff noun: a demonstration of affection and well-wishing to someone leaving a place or group to begin a new undertaking; a farewell. Also the alternative form of send-off.

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.

Also used as

sendoff is also the alternative form of send-off.

Forms of sendoff

pluralsendoffs
alternative formsend-off

Origin of sendoff

Deverbal from send off.

Questions about sendoff

What does sendoff mean?
Sendoff means a demonstration of affection and well-wishing to someone leaving a place or group to begin a new undertaking; a farewell.
What part of speech is sendoff?
Sendoff is a noun.
What is the plural of sendoff?
The plural of sendoff is sendoffs.

Words near sendoff in the dictionary

  1. sendings
  2. sendings off
  3. sendings-off
  4. sendling
  5. sendlings
  6. sendoff
  7. sendoffs
  8. Sendov's conjecture
  9. Sendra
  10. sends
  11. sends a boy to do a man's job

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