Endwork
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Endwork is a noun meaning Work done on, about, or toward an end; a result; purpose; goal.
Meaning
Work done on, about, or toward an end; a result; purpose; goal.
Example Sentences
The following column lists the units of hydrogen energy necessary to produce the same endwork as the fossil fuels.
The 'opposition' is surely right to speak of 'end-works' in this connection – if only its own products were not so hopelessly unengaging and devoid of comedy.
The endwork of such a critical task that freely places blame or adjudicates value for the sake of a castigation or rejection of worth is performed too quickly and easily.
This is most explicit in his essay “What is Metaphysics?” in which the metaphysical tradition is shown as culminating in “Nothing,” which is the “end-point of tradition, ”thus marking the “metaphysical endwork of traditional metaphysics” or tradition's terminus point, after which it passes into another beginning.
Word Forms
- endworks
- end-work
Synonyms for endwork
Depending on context, synonyms include product.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purpose, event, finish, result, issue, wind-up.
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