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Definition:
- [noun] either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"
- [noun] the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
Synonyms: ing
- [noun] the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
Synonyms: last, final stage
- [noun] the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
Synonyms: goal
- [noun] a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
- [noun] a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
Synonyms: destruction, death
- [noun] the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
- [noun] (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
- [noun] one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time"
- [noun] a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
- [noun] the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
- [noun] the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
Synonyms: conclusion, close, closing, ing
- [noun] a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Synonyms: remainder, remnant, oddment
- [noun] a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"
- [verb] have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
Synonyms: stop, finish, terminate, cease
- [verb] bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI"
Synonyms: terminate
- [verb] be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
Synonyms: terminate
- [verb] put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
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Related Words:
- pass away
- lapse
- cut out
- go out
- adjourn, recess, break up
- vanish, disappear
- culminate, climax
- run out
- run low, run short, go
- vanish, disappear, go away
- conclude, close
- turn out, come out
- discontinue
- break
- close out
- finish
- abort
- culminate
- lift, raise
- ax, axe
- stamp out, kill
- dissolve, break up
- dissolve, break up
- break, break off, discontinue, stop
- interrupt, break
- stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
- finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
- complete, finish
- closure, cloture
- decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
- conclude
- close
- phase out
- close
- close
- bitter end
- bitthead
- heel
- point
- pole, magnetic pole
- railhead
- terminus
- yardarm
- nerve ending, nerve end
- telomere
- heel
- end point, endpoint, termination, terminus
- finish, destination, goal
- tip
- death, last
- death, dying, demise
- period
- year-end
- stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close
- cease
- fag end, tail, tail end
- last gasp
- termination, expiration, expiry
- terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit
- endgame, end game
- endgame, end game
- homestretch
- passing
- aim, object, objective, target
- bourn, bourne
- end-all
- destination, terminus
- no-goal
- purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
- intention
- split end
- tight end
- anticlimax, bathos
- epilogue, epilog
- epilogue, epilog
- peroration
- finale, coda
- fag end
