Meaning

3 senses
  1. A termination or conclusion.

    Ende, Ablauf, Beendigung

    заверше́ниеzaveršénije, оконча́ниеokončánije, коне́цkonéc

    заве́ршенняzavéršennja, закі́нченняzakínčennja

  2. The last part of something.

    The book has a happy ending.

    The film has an unexpected ending.

    Ende

    оконча́ниеokončánije, коне́цkonéc

    закі́нченняzakínčennja, кіне́цьkinécʹ

    the last section of a communication

  3. The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").

    Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.

Examples

227 sentences
  1. Does the story have a happy ending?

    Ця історія має щасливе закінчення? — deniko

    deHat die Geschichte ein Happy End? — raggione

  2. Tom's story had a happy ending.

    Історія Тома мала щасливий кінець. — deniko

    ruУ истории Тома был счастливый конец. — marafon

    deToms Geschichte ging gut aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The story had a happy ending.

    ruУ истории был хороший конец. — Hellerick

    deDie Geschichte ist gut ausgegangen. — MUIRIEL

  4. I thought the ending was perfect.

  5. The movie had a happy ending.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
termination or conclusion:
last part of something:
Русский
By meaning 1
termination or conclusion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
termination or conclusion:

Origin

From Middle English endynge, endyng, endinge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”)

From Middle English endynge, endyng, endinge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

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Forms

plural: endings
Singularending
Pluralendings

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
termination or conclusion:conclusionB1endA1termination
last part of something:finale
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

See also

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