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End
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun End has 14 senses
- end(n = noun.location) terminal - 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"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" has particulars: bitter end, bitthead, heel, point, magnetic pole, pole, railhead, terminus, yardarm, nerve end, nerve ending, telomere, heel, end point, endpoint, termination, terminus, destination, finish, goal, tip
- end(n = noun.time) ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" has particulars: death, last, death, demise, dying, period, year-end, close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point, cease, fag end, tail, tail end, last gasp, expiration, expiry, termination, limit, terminal point, terminus ad quem
- end(n = noun.event) final stage, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" is a kind of conclusion, ending, finish
- end(n = noun.cognition) goal - 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" is a kind of cognitive content, content, mental object
- end(n = noun.cognition) Array - 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" is a kind of division, part, section
- end(n = noun.state) death, destruction - a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" is a kind of state
- end(n = noun.location) Array - the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'" is a kind of surface
- end(n = noun.person) Array - (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass" is a kind of lineman
- end(n = noun.location) Array - a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town" is a kind of bound, boundary, bounds
- end(n = noun.location) Array - 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" is a kind of place, spot, topographic point
- end(n = noun.act) Array - the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end" is a kind of contribution, part, share
- end(n = noun.communication) close, closing, conclusion, ending - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." has particulars: anticlimax, bathos, epilog, epilogue, epilog, epilogue, peroration, coda, finale
- end(n = noun.artifact) oddment, remainder, remnant - a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold; Array has particulars: fag end
- end(n = noun.act) Array - (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end" is a kind of lineman
is a kind of extremity
Derived form verb end1
is a kind of point, point in time
Antonyms: beginning, middle
Derived forms verb end2, verb end4, verb end1, verb end3
has particulars: end game, endgame, end game, endgame, homestretch, passing
Derived forms verb end2, verb end4, verb end1, verb end3
is a part of plan of action
has particulars: aim, object, objective, target, bourn, bourne, end-all, destination, terminus, no-goal, aim, design, intent, intention, purpose, intention
Antonyms: beginning, middle
Derived forms verb end2, verb end1, verb end3
Derived forms verb end2, verb end4, verb end1, verb end3
Derived form verb end1
has particulars: split end, tight end
Derived form verb end1
is a kind of section, subdivision
is a part of narration, recital, yarn, address, speech
Derived forms verb end4, verb end1, verb end3
is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
is a member of eleven, football team
Verb End has 4 senses
- end(v = verb.stative) cease, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "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" Antonym: begin
- end(v = verb.change) terminate - bring to an end or halt; "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" is one way to alter, change, modify
- end(v = verb.stative) terminate - be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" is one way to be
- end(v = verb.creation) Array - put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" is one way to destroy, destruct
Derived forms noun end5, noun end12, noun end3, noun end9, noun end1, noun end7, noun end6, noun end2
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Antonyms: begin, begin
Derived forms noun end5, noun end3, noun end6, noun end2, noun ending2
Sample sentence:
They End moving
Derived forms noun end5, noun end12, noun end3, noun end6, noun end2, noun ending4, noun ending3
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun end12, noun end3, noun end6, noun end2, noun ending4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
End, n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ände, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof." [1913 Webster] - Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. [1913 Webster]"My guilt be on my head, and there an end." [1913 Webster]"O that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come!" [1913 Webster] - Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. [1913 Webster]"Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end." [1913 Webster]"Confound your hidden falsehood, and award
Either of you to be the other's end." [1913 Webster]"I shall see an end of him." [1913 Webster] - The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. [1913 Webster]"Losing her, the end of living lose." [1913 Webster]"When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end." [1913 Webster]
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. [1913 Webster]"I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ,
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." [1913 Webster] - One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. [1913 Webster]
End, v. t.
- To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. Shak. [1913 Webster]"On the seventh day God ended his work." [1913 Webster]
- To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back. [1913 Webster]
- To destroy; to put to death. Shak. [1913 Webster]
End, v. i.
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
End, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an extremity of a line, or of the greatest dimension of an object. c the furthest point (to the ends of the earth).
2 the surface bounding a thing at either extremity; an extreme part (a strip of wood with a nail in one end).
3 a conclusion, finish (no end to his misery). b the latter or final part. c death, destruction, downfall (met an untimely end). d result, outcome. e an ultimate state or condition.
4 a a thing one seeks to attain; a purpose (will do anything to achieve his ends; to what end?). b the object for which a thing exists.
5 a remnant; a piece left over (cigarette-end).
6 (prec. by the) colloq. the limit of endurability.
7 the half of a sports pitch or court occupied by one team or player.
8 the part or share with which a person is concerned (no problem at my end).
9 Bowls a unit of play in which play is from one side of the green towards the other.
10 US Football a player at the extremity of a line or team.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. bring or come to an end.
2 tr. put an end to; destroy.
3 intr. (foll. by in) have as its result (will end in tears).
4 intr. (foll. by by) do or achieve eventually (ended by marrying an heiress).
--n.
1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an extremity of a line, or of the greatest dimension of an object. c the furthest point (to the ends of the earth).
2 the surface bounding a thing at either extremity; an extreme part (a strip of wood with a nail in one end).
3 a conclusion, finish (no end to his misery). b the latter or final part. c death, destruction, downfall (met an untimely end). d result, outcome. e an ultimate state or condition.
4 a a thing one seeks to attain; a purpose (will do anything to achieve his ends; to what end?). b the object for which a thing exists.
5 a remnant; a piece left over (cigarette-end).
6 (prec. by the) colloq. the limit of endurability.
7 the half of a sports pitch or court occupied by one team or player.
8 the part or share with which a person is concerned (no problem at my end).
9 Bowls a unit of play in which play is from one side of the green towards the other.
10 US Football a player at the extremity of a line or team.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. bring or come to an end.
2 tr. put an end to; destroy.
3 intr. (foll. by in) have as its result (will end in tears).
4 intr. (foll. by by) do or achieve eventually (ended by marrying an heiress).
Idiom
all ends up completely. at an end exhausted or completed. at the end of one's tether see TETHER. come to a bad (or sticky) end meet with ruin or disgrace. come to an end
1 be completed or finished.
2 become exhausted. end-around n. US Football an offensive play in which an end carries the ball round the opposite end.
--adj. Computing involving the transfer of a digit from one end of a register to the other. end-game the final stage of a game (esp. chess), when few pieces remain. end it all (or end it) colloq. commit suicide. end of the road the point at which a hope or endeavour has to be abandoned. end of the world the cessation of mortal life. end on with the end facing one, or with the end adjoining the end of the next object. end-play Bridge a method of play in the last few tricks to force an opponent to make a disadvantageous lead. end-point the final stage of a process, esp. the point at which an effect is observed in titration, dilution, etc. end-product the final product of manufacture, radioactive decay, etc. end result final outcome. end run US 1 Football an attempt by the ball-carrier to run round his or her own end.
2 an evasive tactic esp. in war or politics. end standard a standard of length in the form of a metal bar or block with the end faces the standard distance apart. end-stopped (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line. end to end with the end of each of a series adjoining the end of the next. end up reach a specified state, action, or place eventually (ended up a drunkard; ended up making a fortune). end-user the person, customer, etc., who is the ultimate user of a product. in the end finally; after all. keep one's end up do one's part despite difficulties. make an end of put a stop to. make ends (or both ends) meet live within one's income. no end colloq. to a great extent, very much. no end of colloq. much or many of.
on end
1 upright (hair stood on end).
2 continuously (for three weeks on end).
put an end to
1 stop (an activity etc.).
2 abolish, destroy.
1 be completed or finished.
2 become exhausted. end-around n. US Football an offensive play in which an end carries the ball round the opposite end.
--adj. Computing involving the transfer of a digit from one end of a register to the other. end-game the final stage of a game (esp. chess), when few pieces remain. end it all (or end it) colloq. commit suicide. end of the road the point at which a hope or endeavour has to be abandoned. end of the world the cessation of mortal life. end on with the end facing one, or with the end adjoining the end of the next object. end-play Bridge a method of play in the last few tricks to force an opponent to make a disadvantageous lead. end-point the final stage of a process, esp. the point at which an effect is observed in titration, dilution, etc. end-product the final product of manufacture, radioactive decay, etc. end result final outcome. end run US 1 Football an attempt by the ball-carrier to run round his or her own end.
2 an evasive tactic esp. in war or politics. end standard a standard of length in the form of a metal bar or block with the end faces the standard distance apart. end-stopped (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line. end to end with the end of each of a series adjoining the end of the next. end up reach a specified state, action, or place eventually (ended up a drunkard; ended up making a fortune). end-user the person, customer, etc., who is the ultimate user of a product. in the end finally; after all. keep one's end up do one's part despite difficulties. make an end of put a stop to. make ends (or both ends) meet live within one's income. no end colloq. to a great extent, very much. no end of colloq. much or many of.
on end
1 upright (hair stood on end).
2 continuously (for three weeks on end).
put an end to
1 stop (an activity etc.).
2 abolish, destroy.
Derivative
ender n.
Etymology
OE ende, endian, f. Gmc
DEVIL DICTIONARY
End
n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.
The man was perishing apace
Who played the tambourine;
The seal of death was on his face --
'Twas pallid, for 'twas clean.
"This is the end," the sick man said
In faint and failing tones.
A moment later he was dead,
And Tambourine was Bones.
Tinley Roquot
THESAURUS
End
Friday, Friday the thirteenth, abandon, abort, accomplishment, acme, afterglow, afterimage, aim, all, allotment, allowance, amateur athlete, annihilate, annihilation, answer, apogee, appointed lot, archer, arrest, astral influences, astrology, athlete, attend, balance, ballplayer, bane, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, be done for, be no more, become of, belay, bell, bereave of life, big end, bigger half, biological death, bit, bite, bitter end, blocking back, book of fate, border line, borderline, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, bowman, break boundary, breakoff point, budget, butt, butt end, button up, by-end, by-purpose, cancel, candle ends, cap, carry away, carry off, carry to completion, catastrophe, catcher, cease, ceiling, center, cessation, cessation of life, chaff, check, checkmate, chip, chloroform, chunk, circumscription, clean up, clearing up, climax, clinical death, clip, clipping, close, close out, close up, closing, closure, coach, coda, collop, come about, come of, come out, come to naught, come to nothing, commission, compass, competitor, complete, completing, completion, conclude, conclusion, confine, confines, conk out, constellation, consummation, contingent, cracking, cricketer, crossing the bar, crown, crumb, culminate, culmination, cup, curtains, cut, cut down, cut it out, cut off, cut short, cutoff, cutoff point, cutting, dead stop, deadline, deadlock, deal, death, death knell, deathblow, debris, debt of nature, decease, decipherment, decoding, defensive lineman, delimitation, demise, denouement, departure, deprive of life, desist, desistance, destination, destiny, destroy, desuetude, determinant, determination, determine, detritus, develop, die, dies funestis, disappear, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinue, disentanglement, dispatch, dispose of, dissolution, dividend, division line, do away with, do for, do to death, dole, dollop, doom, drop it, dying, ebb of life, end in view, end of life, end result, endgame, ending, ensue, equal share, eternal rest, eventuate, execute, exit, expiration, expire, explanation, exterminate, extinction, extinguishment, extreme, extremity, fade away, fag end, fall out, fare, fatality, fate, filings, final cause, final result, final summons, final whistle, finale, finality, finalize, finding, finding-out, finger of death, finis, finish, finish off, finish up, finishing, floor, follow, footballer, foredoom, fortune, fossil, fragment, frontier, full development, full stop, future, game, games-player, gamester, get done, get it over, get rid of, get through, get through with, give over, go, goal, gob, gobbet, going, going off, grave, grinding halt, guard, gun, half, halt, halver, hand of death, have done with, hedge, helping, high-water mark, highest degree, hold, holdover, hunk, husks, ides of March, immolate, inevitability, infielder, interest, interface, interpretation, issue, jaws of death, jock, jumper, kill, kismet, knell, knock it off, last act, last debt, last muster, last rest, last roundup, last sleep, launch into eternity, lay off, leave off, leaving, leaving life, leavings, leftovers, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, lineman, liquidate, lockout, loss of life, lot, low-water mark, lower limit, lump, lynch, make away with, making an end, march, mark, martyr, martyrize, maturation, maturity, maximum, measure, meed, mess, mete, modicum, moiety, moira, mop up, morsel, ne plus ultra, nip, nth degree, object, object in mind, objective, odds and ends, offensive lineman, offscourings, orts, outcome, outfield, outfielder, pan out, paring, parings, part, particle, parting, pass, pass away, passing, passing away, passing over, payoff, peak, peg out, percentage, perfect, perfection, period, perish, perishing, perorate, piece, pinnacle, planets, player, poison, poloist, portion, prey, professional athlete, proportion, prove, prove to be, pugilist, purge, pursuit, put away, put down, put paid to, put to death, put to sleep, quantum, quarry, quarterback, quietus, quintain, quit, quota, racer, rags, rake-off, rasher, ration, reason, reason for being, refrain, refuse, release, relics, relinquish, remainder, remains, remnant, remove from life, renounce, residue, residuum, resolution, resolve, resolving, rest, result, reward, riddling, ripeness, roach, round out, rounding off, rounding out, rubbish, ruins, rump, run out, sacrifice, sawdust, scoop, scourings, scrap, scraps, scratch, scrub, segment, sentence of death, shades of death, shadow, shadow of death, shard, share, shaving, shavings, shiver, shred, sit-down strike, skater, slaughter, slay, sleep, slice, sliver, small share, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, solution, solving, somatic death, sorting out, splinter, sport, sportsman, stake, stalemate, stand, standoff, standstill, stars, start, starting line, starting point, starve, stay, stitch, stock, stop, stoppage, straw, strike, stubble, stump, succumb, summit, summons of death, survival, sweepings, tackle, tailback, take life, take off, target, target date, tatter, teleology, term, terminal, terminal date, terminate, termination, terminus, the whole, threshold, time allotment, tip, to, top, top off, top out, topping off, toxophilite, trace, turn out, ultimate, ultimate aim, unfold, unlucky day, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upper limit, upshot, utmost, utmost extent, uttermost, vanish, vestige, walkout, waste, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven, wind up, windup, wingback, work out, work stoppage, working, working-out, wrap up, wrestlerROGET THESAURUS
End
Intention
N intent, intention, intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition, contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, the be all and the end all, drift, tendency, destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain, prey, quarry, game, decision, determination, resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose, ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive, teleology, intended, intentional, advised, express, determinate, prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological, intentionally, advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly, with intent, deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes, The road to hell is paved with good intentions, sublimi feriam sidera vertice.End
N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.VB end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over, expire, die, come-, draw-to-a-close, have run its course, run out, pass away, bring to an end, put an end to, make an end of, determine, get through, achieve, stop, shut up shop, hang up one's fiddle.
Cessation
N cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death, I pause for a reply.Effect
N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.Summit
N summit, summity, top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point, turn of the tide, fountain head, water shed, water parting, sky, pole, tip, tip top, crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib, end, crown, brow, head, nob, noddle, pate, capsheaf, high places, heights, topgallant mast, sky scraper, quarter deck, hurricane deck, architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature, tympanum, ceiling, attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story, summit conference, summit, peak of achievement, peak of performance, peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys (in graphs), highest &c (high), top, top most, upper most, tiptop, culminating, meridian, meridional, capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant, atop, at the top of the tree, en flute, fleur deau.
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