Meaning

14 senses
  1. The terminal point of something in space or time.

    At the end of the garden there was a beautiful fountain.

    At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.

    the point in time at which something ends

  2. Share of joint responsibility.

    Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?

  3. (broadly)The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

    Is there no end to this madness?

    a final state

  4. (broadly, often)Death.

    He met a terrible end in the jungle.

    I hope the end comes quickly.

    Tod, Ende

    смертьsmertʹ, коне́цkonéc

  5. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

    Hold the string at both ends.

    My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen.

    Ende, Schluss

    коне́цkonéc, крайkraj, дальноdalʹno

    кіне́цьkinécʹ, крайkraj

  6. Result.

  7. A purpose, goal, or aim.

    For what end should I toil?

    The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship.

  8. One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.

    The Pavillion End

  9. The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.

    (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line

  10. A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.

    эндend

    one of two places from which people are communicating to each other

  11. An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)

  12. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.

    odds and ends

Examples

5290 sentences
  1. This is never going to end.

    Це ніколи не скінчиться.

    ruЭто никогда не закончится.

    deDas wird nie enden.

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  2. The holidays ended all too soon.

    Свята закінчилися аж занадто швидко.

    deDie Ferien waren allzu schnell vorbei.

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  3. The argument ended in a fight.

    Суперечка закінчилася бійкою.

    ruСпор окончился дракой.

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  4. All is well that ends well.

    Все добре, що добре закінчується.

    ruВсё хорошо, что хорошо кончается.

    deEnde gut, alles gut.

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  5. I don't want this to end.

    Я не хочу, щоб це закінчувалося.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
extreme part:
Русский
By meaning 3
death:
extreme part:
period in curling:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
death:
extreme part:

Origin

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Prot

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”).

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Forms

plural: ends
Singularend
Pluralends

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
final point in space or time:conclusionB1limitB1terminustermination
Close in meaning
  • a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold:remainderremnantoddment
  • the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence:last
  • either extremity of something that has length:terminal
  • a final state:destructiondeath
  • the point in time at which something ends:ending

Antonyms

3 antonyms
final point of something:beginningA2startA1
middle

Word family

185 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the end of
  • end of the
  • by the end
  • at the end
  • until the end
  • end up in
  • make ends meet
  • before the end
  • an an end
  • ends meet
  • end of this
  • in the end

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
end — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto