end
//ɛnd//
Forms
- Plural
- ends
- present (v1)
- end
- past (v2)
- ended
- past participle (v3)
- ended
- present participle
- ending
- 3rd person singular
- ends
Definitions
1.The terminal point of something in space or time.
- At the end of the garden there was a beautiful fountain.
- At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
- As it was a great play, the audience applauded at the end.
2.Share of joint responsibility.
- Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
3.The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- Is there no end to this madness?
- The new electronic switching system means expanded service and an end to irritances such as cross-talk, line-hum, and being cut off in mid-conversation.
4.Death.
- He met a terrible end in the jungle.
- Confound your hidden falsehood, and award / Either of you to be the other's end.
- I hope the end comes quickly.
1.To finish, terminate.
- The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
- But play the man, stand up and end you, / When your sickness is your soul.
- So, subject to the salvaging of serviceable parts, all five were withdrawn for breaking up in 1936-7, and thus ended one of the shortest histories of an important locomotive class on record.
2.To come to an end.
- Is this movie never going to end?
- The lesson will end when the bell rings.
3.To conclude; to bring something to an end.
- The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #303
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”).
Cognates