English to English
end
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noun (n)
- either extremity of something that has length(noun.location)Example:
The end of the pier.
She knotted the end of the thread.
They rode to the end of the line.
source: wordnet30 - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence(noun.event)Example:
The end was exciting.
source: wordnet30 - the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it(noun.cognition)Example:
The ends justify the means.
source: wordnet30 - a final part or section(noun.cognition)Example:
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.
source: wordnet30 - a final state(noun.state)Example:
He came to a bad end.
The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end.
source: wordnet30 - the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object(noun.location)Example:
One end of the box was marked `This side up'.
source: wordnet30 - (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage(noun.person)Example:
The end managed to hold onto the pass.
source: wordnet30 - a boundary marking the extremities of something(noun.location)Example:
The end of town.
source: wordnet30 - one of two places from which people are communicating to each other(noun.location)Example:
The phone rang at the other end.
Both ends wrote at the same time.
source: wordnet30 - the part you are expected to play(noun.act)Example:
He held up his end.
source: wordnet30 - the last section of a communication(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of(verb.stative)Example:
This sad scene ended the movie.
source: wordnet30 - To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.(verb)source: webster1913
- To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.(verb)source: webster1913