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Definition of 'End'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) end
the last part, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide:
the end of a rope.

2.  end
a point that indicates the full extent of something; limit; bounds.

3.  end
a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity:
the west end of town.

4.  end
the most remote place or point.

5.  end
termination; conclusion.

6.  end
the concluding part.

7.  end
an intention or aim:
to gain one's ends.

8.  end
the object for which a thing exists; purpose.

9.  end
an outcome or result.

10.  end
termination of existence; death.

11.  end
destruction or ruin, or a cause of this.

12.  end
a remnant or fragment.

13.  end
a share or part.

14.  end
a warp thread running vertically and interlaced with the filling yarn in the woven fabric.

15.  end
either of the linemen in football stationed farthest from the center.

16.  end
a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling.

17.  end
Slang. someone or something incredibly good or bad; the limit.

18. (v.t.) end
to bring to an end; conclude; terminate.

19.  end
to form the end of.

20.  end
to kill.

21.  end
to surpass or epitomize (usu. in the infinitive):
the blunder to end all blunders.

22. (v.i.) end
to come to an end; cease.

23.  end
to result (usu. fol. by in).

24.  end
to reach a final status or condition (often fol. by up).

25. (adj.) end
final or ultimate:
the end result.

26.  end
to lose emotional control; become overwrought.

27.  end
to act in a reckless or impulsive manner.

28.  end
with one end down; upright.

29.  end
continuously.
endameba.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE ende, c. OFris enda, OS endi, OHG anti, ON endi(r), Go andeis end < Gmc *anthjá-)

Definition of 'End'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) end, terminal
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"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"

2. (noun) end, ending
the point in time at which something ends
"the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"

3. (noun) end, last, final stage
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
"the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"

4. (noun) goal, end
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"

5. (noun) end
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"

6. (noun) end, destruction, death
a final state
"he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

7. (noun) end
the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
"one end of the box was marked `This side up'"

8. (noun) end
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
"the end managed to hold onto the pass"

9. (noun) end
a boundary marking the extremities of something
"the end of town"

10. (noun) end
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"

11. (noun) end
the part you are expected to play
"he held up his end"

12. (noun) conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
the last section of a communication
"in conclusion I want to say..."

13. (noun) end, remainder, remnant, oddment
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

14. (verb) end
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
"no one wanted to play end"

15. (verb) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
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"

16. (verb) end, terminate
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 WW I"

17. (verb) end, terminate
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
"This sad scene ended the movie"

18. (verb) end
put an end to
"The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"

Definition of 'End'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) end
to stop
What time does the school day end?; His affair ended their marriage.

Definition of 'End'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) End
the extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part

2. (noun) End
point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence

3. (noun) End
termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction

4. (noun) End
the object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends

5. (noun) End
that which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends

6. (noun) End
one of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet

7. (verb) End
to bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech

8. (verb) End
to form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back

9. (verb) End
to destroy; to put to death

10. (verb) End
to come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends

Translation of 'End'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the last or farthest part of the length of something the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); (also adjective) We live in the end house.
Afrikaans: einde	Arabic: نِهايَه، طَرَف	Bulgarian: край
Brazilian: extremidade	Czech: konec, kraj(ní)	German: das Ende, End-...
Danish: ende	Greek: άκρη, ακριανός	Spanish: final, extremo, cabo
Estonian: ots	Farsi: آخر؛ انتها	Finnish: pää
French: bout, extrémité; dernier	Hebrew: קָצֶה	Hindi: अंत, सिरा
Croatian: kraj	Hungarian: vég; határ	Indonesian: ujung
Icelandic: endi	Italian: fine, estremità; ultimo	Japanese: 端
Korean: 끝	Lithuanian: galas, galinis, paskutini	Latvian: gals; gala-
Malay: hujung	Dutch: uiteinde	Norwegian: ende, slutt, avslutning,
Polish: koniec	Persian: آخر؛ انتها	Pashto: پای
Portuguese: extremidade	Romanian: sfârşit; (de la) capăt	Russian: конец; край
Slovak: koniec, kraj; krajný	Slovenian: konec; na koncu	Serbian: kraj
Swedish: slut,ända, sista	Thai: ตอนปลาย	Turkish: son, uç
Taiwanese: 末端	Ukrainian: край	Urdu: حدّ آخر
Vietnamese: cuối cùng	Chinese: 末端
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