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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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'" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | lineman split_end tight_end football | |
| 13. | [ noun ] a boundary marking the extremities of something | |
| Examples: | : "the end of town" |
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| Related terms: | boundary terminate | |
| 14. | [ noun ] the part you are expected to play | |
| Examples: | "he held up his end" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | topographic_point | |
| 16. | [ verb ] put an end to | |
| Examples: | "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" |
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| 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..." |
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| 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!" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | lineman football_team | |
| Similar spelling: |
enid endo Enda endue endow Eneida ennead ento enate |
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