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end
/ɛnd/
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  1. noun
    a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

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    oddment remainder remnant
  2. verb
    bring to an end or halt
    "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"

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    terminate
    Opposite:
    begin
    type of:
    modify change alter
  3. verb
    be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
    "This sad scene ended the movie"

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    terminate
    type of:
    be
  4. noun
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
    "the ends justify the means"

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    goal
  5. noun
    the last section of a communication

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    close closing conclusion ending
  6. noun
    the point in time at which something ends
    "the end of the year" "the ending of warranty period"

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    ending
    Opposite:
    beginning middle
    type of:
    point point in time
  7. verb
    have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
    "My property ends by the bushes" "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

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    cease finish stop terminate
    Opposite:
    begin
  8. noun
    the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
    "the end was exciting"

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    last
  9. noun
    a final state
    "he came to a bad end" "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

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    death destruction
    type of:
    state
  10. noun
    either extremity of something that has length
    "the end of the pier" "she knotted the end of the thread" "they rode to the end of the line"

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    terminal
    type of:
    extremity
  11. noun
    a boundary marking the extremities of something
    "the end of town"
    type of:
    boundary bounds bound
  12. noun
    a final part or section
    "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"
    Opposite:
    beginning middle
    type of:
    division part section
  13. noun
    (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
    "no one wanted to play end"
    type of:
    lineman
  14. noun
    (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
    "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
    type of:
    lineman
  15. noun
    one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
    "the phone rang at the other end" "both ends wrote at the same time"
  16. verb
    put an end to
    "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
    type of:
    destroy destruct
  17. noun
    the part you are expected to play
    "he held up his end"
  18. noun
    the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
    "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
    type of:
    surface
Examples of end
  • "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"
  • "This sad scene ended the movie"
  • "the ends justify the means"
  • "the end of the year"
  • "the ending of warranty period"
  • "My property ends by the bushes"
  • "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
  • "the end was exciting"
  • "he came to a bad end"
  • "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
  • "the end of the pier"
  • "she knotted the end of the thread"
  • "they rode to the end of the line"
  • "the end of town"
  • "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"
  • "no one wanted to play end"
  • "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
  • "the phone rang at the other end"
  • "both ends wrote at the same time"
  • "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
  • "he held up his end"
  • "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
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