endless | ||
1. | [ adjective ] tiresomely long; seemingly without end | |
Synonyms: | interminable eternal | |
Examples: | "endless debates" "an endless conversation" "the wait seemed eternal" "eternal quarreling" "an interminable sermon" |
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Related terms: | long | |
2. | [ adjective ] infinitely great in number | |
Examples: | "endless waves" |
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Related terms: | infinite | |
3. | [ adjective ] having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole | |
Examples: | "an endless chain" |
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Related terms: | continuous | |
4. | [ adjective ] having no known beginning and presumably no end | |
Synonyms: | sempiternal dateless | |
Examples: | "the dateless rise and fall of the tides" "time is endless" "sempiternal truth" |
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Related terms: | infinite | |
5. | [ adjective ] occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted | |
Synonyms: | incessant perpetual | |
Examples: | "a child's incessant questions" "your perpetual (or continual) complaints" |
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Related terms: | continual | |
Similar spelling: |
endlessly entelea |