Definitions for dead-end
dead-end

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cul, cul de sac, dead endnoun

   a passage with access only at one end

2. deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstilladjective

   a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

   "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

3. dead-endadjective

   lacking opportunities for development or advancement

   "stuck in a dead-end job"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dead-endnoun

   The end of a road, (or by extension), the end of any event.

2. dead-endverb

   To come to a dead-end

   Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!

3. dead-endadjective

   Going nowhere; blocked.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dead-end

   A dead-end is a point in a situation, process, or physical space at which no further progress, development or movement is possible. It usually refers to a street or passage that is closed at one end, or a situation that leads to no success or positive result.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dead-end in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dead-end in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of dead-end in a Sentence

1. Charalambos Mouratidis:

   I started farming, hoping to have some kind of a more stable future, and now even that effort is at stake, everyone has reached a dead end in this village.

2. John Williams:

   So usually if a virus goes from an animal to a human, it's sort of dead end. That person gets sick but it doesn't spread further.

3. Steve Harvey:

   I live on a dead-end street — and The TV host got real when things started coming over the gate. Empty boxes with bows and pictures of bombs.

4. Amnesty International deputy director:

   What we don't need in the wake of this tragedy is another 'extraordinary' meeting that leads to a dead end. What would be truly out of the ordinary - but completely necessary - is real and concerted action.

5. T.R. Threston:

   I've discovered that researching family descendants is similar to putting a mouse into a puzzle box to find the cheese. Every time you think you're on the right path, you hit a dead end.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dead-end
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dead-End
3. ^ ChatGPT
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