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Definitions for Ending

[1] a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close: Putting away the Christmas ornaments marked the ending of the season.
[2] the final or concluding part; conclusion: a story with a happy ending.
[3] death; destruction.
[4] Grammar . a morpheme, especially an inflection, at the end of a word, as -s in cuts.
[5] (not in technical use) any final word part, as the -ow of widow.
[6] the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
[7] a point, line, or limitation that indicates the full extent, degree, etc., of something; limit; bounds: kindness without end; to walk from end to end of a city.
[8] a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity: at the end of the table; the west end of town.
[9] the furthermost imaginable place or point: an island at the very end of the world.
[10] termination; conclusion: The journey was coming to an end.
[11] the concluding part: The end of her speech had to be cut short because of time.
[12] an intention or aim: to gain one's ends.
[13] the object for which a thing exists; purpose: The happiness of the people is the end of government.
[14] an outcome or result: What is to be the end of all this bickering?
[15] termination of existence; death: He met a horrible end.
[16] a cause of death, destruction, or ruin: Another war would be the end of civilization.
[17] a remnant or fragment: mill end; ends and trimmings.
[18] a share or part in something: He does his end of the job very well.
[19] Textiles . a warp thread running vertically and interlaced with the filling yarn in the woven fabric.
[20] Football . either of the linemen: stationed farthest from the center. the position played by this lineman.
[21] Archery . the number of arrows to be shot by a competitor during one turn in a match.
[22] Cricket . a wicket, especially the one where the batsman is taking a turn.
[23] a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling.
[24] Kantianism . any rational being, regarded as worthy to exist for its own sake.
[25] either half of a domino.
[26] Knots . the part of a rope, beyond a knot or the like, that is not used.
[27] the end, Slang . the ultimate; the utmost of good or bad: His stupidity is the end.
[28] to bring to an end or conclusion: We ended the discussion on a note of optimism.
[29] to put an end to; terminate: This was the battle that ended the war.
[30] to form the end of: This passage ends the novel.
[31] to cause the demise of; kill: A bullet through the heart ended him.
[32] to constitute the most outstanding or greatest possible example or instance of (usually used in the infinitive): You just committed the blunder to end all blunders.
[33] to come to an end; terminate; cease: The road ends at Rome.
[34] to issue or result: Extravagance ends in want.
[35] to reach or arrive at a final condition, circumstance, or goal (often followed by up ): to end up in the army; to end as a happy person.
[36] final or ultimate: the end result.
[37] to put wheat, hay, or other grain into a stack or barn.
[38] the act of bringing to or reaching an end
[39] the last part of something, as a book, film, etc
[40] the final part of a word, esp a suffix
[41] chess another word for endgame
[42] the extremity of the length of something, such as a road, line, etc
[43] the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
[44] the extreme extent, limit, or degree of something
[45] the most distant place or time that can be imagined the ends of the earth
[46] the time at which something is concluded
[47] the last section or part (as modifier ) the end office Related adjectives: final, terminal, ultimate
[48] a share or part his end of the bargain
[49] (often plural) a remnant or fragment (esp in the phrase odds and ends )
[50] a final state, esp death; destruction
[51] the purpose of an action or existence
[52] sport either of the two defended areas of a playing field, rink, etc
[53] bowls curling a section of play from one side of the rink to the other
[54] American football a player at the extremity of the playing line; wing
[55] all ends up totally or completely
[56] a sticky end informal , US and Canadian an unpleasant death
[57] at a loose end or US and Canadian at loose ends without purpose or occupation
[58] at an end exhausted or completed
[59] at the end of the day See day (def. 10)
[60] come to an end to become completed or exhausted
[61] end on with the end pointing towards one with the end adjacent to the end of another object
[62] go off the deep end informal to lose one's temper; react angrily
[63] get one's end away slang to have sexual intercourse
[64] in the end finally
[65] keep one's end up to sustain one's part in a joint enterprise to hold one's own in an argument, contest, etc
[66] make ends meet or make both ends meet to spend no more than the money one has
[67] no end or no end of informal (intensifier) I had no end of work
[68] on end upright without pause or interruption
[69] the end informal the worst, esp something that goes beyond the limits of endurance mainly US the best in quality
[70] the end of the road the point beyond which survival or continuation is impossible
[71] throw someone in at the deep end to put someone into a new situation, job, etc, without preparation or introduction
[72] to bring or come to a finish; conclude
[73] to die or cause to die
[74] (tr) to surpass; outdo a novel to end all novels
[75] end it all informal to commit suicide
[76] (tr) British to put (hay or grain) into a barn or stack

Words related to Ending

closure, completion, finale, period, denouement, outcome, resolution, culmination, finish, catastrophe, consummation, lapse, wane, stop, upshot, summation, terminus, expiration, close, cessation

Words nearby Ending

enders, endgame, endgate, endhand, endicott, ending, endive, endless, endling, endlong, endmost

Origin of Ending

21600–10; perhaps variant of dial. in to harvest (Old English innian to lodge, put up). See inn

Other words from Ending

un·end·ing , adjective
un·end·ing·ly , adverb
end·er , noun

Word origin for Ending

Old English innian ; related to Old High German innōn; see inn

Synonyms for Ending

closure, completion, denouement, finale, outcome, period, resolution, catastrophe, cessation, close, closing, consummation, culmination, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, finish, lapse, omega, stop, summation, termination, terminus, upshot, wane, windup, coup de grace, desistance, swan song