English dictionary
end
nounPronunciation
ɛnd
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Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
noun
- the part you are expected to play
noun
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
noun
- a final part or section
noun
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
noun
- the last section of a communication
noun
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
noun
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
noun
- either extremity of something that has length
noun
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
noun
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
noun
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
noun
- a final state
noun
- the point in time at which something ends
verb
- bring to an end or halt
verb
- put an end to
verb
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
verb
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
Example sentences
no one wanted to play end
he held up his end
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
the ends justify the means
in conclusion I want to say …
the end was exciting
I had to miss the last of the movie
the end of town
the end of the pier
she knotted the end of the thread
they rode to the end of the line
the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
one end of the box was marked ‘This side up’
the phone rang at the other end
both ends wrote at the same time
the end managed to hold onto the pass
he came to a bad end
the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
the end of the year
the ending of warranty period
She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
This sad scene ended the movie