Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parted ways

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
part-ed ways
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does parted ways mean?
simple past and past participle of part ways

How to pronounce parted ways

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