Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of a collection of items, arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.

    We laid a long end-to-end row of bricks.

  2. (idiomatic, not comparable)From one end to the other; entire.

    The end-to-end trip takes about forty minutes.

    End-to-end encryption involves uninterrupted protection of data traveling between two communicating parties.

  3. (not comparable)Smoothly alternating between attacking and defensive plays.

More definitions
  • with the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object
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