End
nounNoun
the point in time at which something ends
“the end of the year”
“the ending of warranty period”
Similar:EndingType of:Pointa final state
“he came to a bad end”
“the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end”
Type of:Stateeither 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”
Similar:TerminalType of:Extremitythe 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”
Similar:GoalType of:Contentthe final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
“the end was exciting”
Similar:Lasta 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”
Type of:DivisionPartSectionone 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”
Type of:SpotPlacea boundary marking the extremities of something
“the end of town”
Type of:BoundaryBoundsBound(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
“no one wanted to play end”
Type of:Lineman(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
“the end managed to hold onto the pass”
Type of:Linemanthe part you are expected to play
“he held up his end”
Type of:SharePartContributionthe surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
“one end of the box was marked `This side up'”
Type of:Surfacea piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
the last section of a communication
Type of:SubdivisionSection
Verb
bring to an end or halt
“She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”
Similar:TerminateType of:ModifyChangeAlterbe the end of; be the last or concluding part of
“This sad scene ended the movie”
Similar:TerminateType of:Behave an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
“My property ends by the bushes”
“The symphony ends in a pianissimo”
put an end to
“The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived”
Type of:DestroyDestruct
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