What does ending mean?

Definitions for ending
ˈɛn dɪŋend·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ending, terminationnoun

    the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

    "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"

  2. termination, ending, conclusionnoun

    the act of ending something

    "the termination of the agreement"

  3. end, endingnoun

    the point in time at which something ends

    "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"

  4. ending, conclusion, finishnoun

    event whose occurrence ends something

    "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

  5. conclusion, end, close, closing, endingnoun

    the last section of a communication

    "in conclusion I want to say..."

Wiktionary

  1. endingnoun

    A termination or conclusion.

  2. endingnoun

    The last part of something.

  3. endingnoun

    The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

ChatGPT

  1. ending

    An ending refers to the final part, conclusion, or termination of something such as a book, movie, story, event, or a period of time. It indicates the point at which something ceases to continue or exist.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ending

    of End

  2. Endingnoun

    termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death

  3. Endingnoun

    the final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'ending' in Nouns Frequency: #2849

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ending in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ending in a Sentence

  1. Gilda Radner:

    I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.

  2. John Gibbs:

    I think it was the biggest career-ending move in history, possibly, for him to do that.

  3. Leandro Mena:

    To make progress towards ending this STI epidemic, we must really meet people where they are by developing tailored and localized interventions to have the greatest impact, we want to make sure that we’re addressing the social and economic conditions that make it more difficult for some of these populations to stay healthy.

  4. Peter Sands:

    New threats mean there is no middle ground, we need to ... protect and build on the gains we have made, or we will see those achievements eroded, infections and deaths resurge, and the prospect of ending the epidemics disappear.

  5. Justin Trudeau:

    He understands the commitments I've made around ending the combat mission.

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