Meaning

4 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.

    That road comes to a dead end at the lake.

    Sackgasse, Stichstraße

    тупи́кtupík

    глухи́й кутhluxýj kut

  2. The inner end of a drift or tunnel.

  3. (figuratively)A position that offers no hope of change or progress.

    Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end.

    Ende Gelände

    тупи́кtupík

    тупи́кtupýk

  4. A split end in the hair.

    a passage with access only at one end

Examples

56 sentences
  1. It's a dead end.

    Це глухий кут.

    ruЭто тупик.

    deDas ist eine Sackgasse.

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  2. The path dead-ends up ahead.

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  3. The road came to a dead end.

    deDie Straße endete in einer Sackgasse.

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  4. That was a dead end as well.

    deDas war genauso eine Sackgasse.

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  5. Tom is stuck in a dead-end job.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
street or path that goes nowhere:
position that offers no hope of progress:
Русский
By meaning 1
street or path that goes nowhere:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
street or path that goes nowhere:
position that offers no hope of progress:

Forms

plural: dead ends

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedno outlet
Deriveddead-ender

See also

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