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   End

   /end/

   

   noun

   • 1. a final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story: "the end of the year" Similar conclusionterminationendingfinishcloseresolutionclimaxfinaleculminationdenouementepiloguecodaperorationinformal:windupOpposite beginningstart
   • ▪ a termination of a state or situation: "the party called for an end to violence"
   • ▪ used to emphasize that something, typically a subject of discussion, is considered finished: "you will go to church and that's the end of it"
   • ▪ a person's death: "he realized that his end was near" Similar deathdyingdemisepassingpassing onpassing awayexpirationexpirydoomextinctionannihilationexterminationdestructiondownfallruinruinationWaterlooinformal:curtainscroakingsnuffingdeceaserare:quietusOpposite birth
   • ▪ (in biblical use) an ultimate state or condition: archaic "the end of that man is peace"
   • 2. the furthest or most extreme part or point of something: "the end house" Similar extremityfurthermost partlimitmarginedgeborderboundaryperipherypointtiptail endtag endOpposite beginningmiddle
   • ▪ a small piece that is left after something has been used: British "a box of candle ends" Similar buttstubstumpremnantfragmentvestigeleftoversremainsremainderinformal:fag enddog end
   • ▪ the part or share of an activity with which someone is concerned: "you're going to honor your end of the deal"
   • ▪ a specified extreme point on a scale: "homebuyers at the lower end of the market" Similar aspectsidesectionareafieldpartshareportionsegmentprovince
   • ▪ the part of an athletic field or court defended by one team or player: "when they changed ends, the goals kept coming"
   • ▪ a place that is linked to another by a phone call, letter, or journey: "“Hello,” said a voice at the other end"
   • 3. a goal or result that one seeks to achieve: "each would use the other to further his own ends" Similar aimgoalpurposeobjectiveobjectgrailholy grailtargetmissionintentionintentdesignmotiveaspirationwishdesireambitionraison d'être
   • 4. (in lawn bowling and curling) a session of play in one particular direction across the playing area.
   • 5. an offensive or defensive lineman positioned nearest to the sideline: "a defensive end"

   verb

   • 1. come or bring to a final point; finish: "when the war ended, policy changed" Similar finishconcludeterminatecome to an enddraw to a closeclosestopceaseculminateclimaxbuild up tolead up toreach a finalecome to a headinformal:wind upbreak offcall offbring to an endput an end tocall a halt tohaltstopdropfinishterminatediscontinuedissolvecancelannulinformal:nip something in the budwind something upknock something on the headgive something the choppull the plug onaxescrappack inget shut ofget shot ofarchaic:sunderdestroyput an end toextinguishsnuff outdo away withwipe outtakeOpposite beginstartbegin
   • ▪ reach a point and go no further: "the boundary where agnosticism ends and atheism begins"
   • ▪ perform a final act: "he ended by thanking the public for their support"
   • ▪ have as its final part, point, or result: "one in three marriages is now likely to end in divorce"
   • ▪ eventually reach or come to a specified place, state, or course of action: "I ended up in Connecticut"

   Word Origin Old Englishende (noun), endian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch einde (noun), einden (verb) and German Ende (noun), enden (verb).

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