End

/ɛnd/ · noun

Meaning

The terminal point of something in space or time..

Definitions by Sense

1. The terminal point of something in space or time.
2. (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
3. (by extension, often with "the") Death.
4. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
5. Result.
6. A purpose, goal, or aim.
7. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
8. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.

Example Sentences

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.

they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.

I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.

An epidemic of the disease started in Lü-shun at the end of 1927 and extended to April 1928, involving 271 cases with 14 deaths (Migai, 1928).

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.

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Word Forms

• ends
• eend
• ende
• ending
• ended

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