end
1. [ verb ] have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
Synonyms: finish cease terminate
Examples:

: "My property ends by the bushes" "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

Related terms: begin close finish_up culminate turn_out vanish adjourn run_low go_out discontinue lapse pass_away vanish break die_hard cut_out
2. [ verb ] have end in a certain location; either spatial or metaphorical
Synonyms: finish cease terminate stop
Examples:

"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed" "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

Related terms: begin discontinue close culminate vanish turn_out run_out adjourn run_low go_out lapse pass_away cut_out break vanish ending end_point conclusion
3. [ noun ] either extremity of something that has length
Examples:

: "the end of the pier" "she knotted the end of the thread" "they rode to the end of the line"

Related terms: extremity destination tip stopping_point end_point point pole nerve_end bitthead telomere railhead bitter_end heel terminus heel yardarm terminate
4. [ noun ] the point in time at which something ends
Synonyms: ending
Examples:

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

Related terms: beginning middle point death death stopping_point termination terminus_ad_quem fag_end year-end last_gasp cease period terminate
5. [ verb ] bring to an end
Synonyms: terminate
Examples:

"She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"

Related terms: begin change close close complete interrupt decide break dissolve stamp_out stub_out culminate phase_out lift finalize ax closure abort finish
6. [ noun ] the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
Synonyms: final_stage last
Examples:

: "the end was exciting" "I had to miss the last of the movie"

Related terms: ending homestretch end_game passing end_game terminate
7. [ noun ] the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
Synonyms: goal
Examples:

"the ends justify the means"

Related terms: content purpose aim intention destination no-goal end-all bourn plan_of_action
8. [ noun ] a final part or section
Examples:

: "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"

Related terms: beginning middle part
9. [ verb ] be the end of; be the last of concluding part of
Synonyms: terminate
Examples:

"This sad scene ended the movie"

Related terms: be close ending destination
10. [ noun ] a final state
Synonyms: death destruction
Examples:

"he came to a bad end" "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

Related terms: state terminate die
11. [ noun ] the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
Examples:

: "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"

Related terms: surface terminate
12. [ noun ] (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
Examples:

"the end managed to hold onto the pass"

Related terms: lineman split_end tight_end football
13. [ noun ] a boundary marking the extremities of something
Examples:

: "the end of town"

Related terms: boundary terminate
14. [ noun ] the part you are expected to play
Examples:

"he held up his end"

Related terms: contribution
15. [ noun ] one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
Examples:

"the phone rang at the other end" or "both ends wrote at the same time"

Related terms: topographic_point
16. [ verb ] put an end to
Examples:

"The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"

Related terms: destroy ending conclusion
17. [ noun ] (fine art,writing) the last section of a communication
Synonyms: close closing ending conclusion
Examples:

"in conclusion I want to say..."

Related terms: section finale epilogue peroration anticlimax epilogue narration address terminate
18. [ verb ] bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end
Synonyms: cease terminate
Examples:

"We terminated our relation with the company" "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war" "Cease doing what you are doing!"

Related terms: begin begin change close close complete interrupt decide conclude halt break stamp_out dissolve stub_out culminate closure break_up ax phase_out abort finish close_out finalize lift terminate
19. [ noun ] (clothing) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Synonyms: remnant scrap oddment remainder
Related terms: piece_of_cloth fag_end remain
20. [ noun ] (sport,american football) a position on the line of scrimmage
Examples:

"no one wanted to play end"

Related terms: lineman football_team
Similar spelling:   enid
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  Enda
  endue
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