end en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Received-Pronunciation) audio
- ĕnd
- /ɛnd/
- (Australia) audio
- /iːnd/ corresponding to the form eend
- ēnd (dialectal, obsolete)
- (General-American) audio
- /ɪnd/ (pin-pen-merger)
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
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”). Cognates Cognate with Yola een, eene (“end”), Saterland Frisian Eend, Eende (“end”), West Frisian ein (“end”), Alemannic German End, Endi (“end”), Central Franconian Eng, Enk (“end”), Cimbrian énte (“end”), Dutch eind, einde, end (“end”), German Ende (“end”), Luxembourgish Enn (“end”), Vilamovian end, ent (“end”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ende (“end”), Faroese endi (“end”), Icelandic endi, endir (“end”), Swedish ända, ände (“end”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis, “end”); also Irish éadan (“end; front”), Manx eddin (“face; front”), Scottish Gaelic aodann (“face; hillside”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Albanian anë (“brink; edge; facet; side”), Latvian no (“for; from”), Lithuanian nuo (“for; from”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian на (na, “on”), Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene na (“on”), Serbo-Croatian на, na (“on”), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd, “in the place, instead of”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “against; towards; upon”), Tocharian A ānt (“in front”), Tocharian B ānte (“in front of”), Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “boundary; border, edge; end, termination”). More at and and anti-. The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.
Meanings
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The terminal point of something in space or time.
they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.
1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:As it was a great play, the audience applauded at the end.
At the end of the garden there was a beautiful fountain.
I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:An epidemic of the disease started in Lü-shun at the end of 1927 and extended to April 1928, involving 271 cases with 14 deaths (Migai, 1928).
1946, Tsai-yu Hsiao, Epidemiology of the Diseases of Naval Importance in Manchuria, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, →OCLC, page 20:At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
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Share of joint responsibility.
Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
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(broadly) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Is there no end to this madness?
The new electronic switching system means expanded service and an end to irritances such as cross-talk, line-hum, and being cut off in mid-conversation.
1986, The Army Communicator, volume 11, number 2, page 46:
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(broadly, often, with “the”) Death.
He met a terrible end in the jungle.
I hope the end comes quickly.
A safe companion and an easy friend / Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
1732, Alexander Pope, (epitaph) On Mr. Gay, in Westminster AbbeyRegulators and developers should consider the privacy risks. But more than anything, Sparrow thinks we should all reflect on how we prepare for the end. “My mother has late-stage cancer, she’s clearly thinking about her own death, and so she is going through a process of throwing out all the things she doesn’t want the kids to deal with and prepping her house,” he says.
2025 March 5, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer:Confound your hidden falsehood, and award / Either of you to be the other's end.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
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The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
All the ends of the woꝛld ſhall remember, and turne vnto the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations ſhall woꝛſhip befoꝛe thee.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 22:27:My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen.
Hold the string at both ends.
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Result.
The end was that he was thought an archfool.
1876, Great Britain. Public Record Office, John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (volume 4, issue 3, part 2, page 3154)O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come!
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
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A purpose, goal, or aim.
There is a long argument to prove that foreign conquest is not the end of the State, showing that many people took the imperialist view.
1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character, Aphorism VI, page 146:The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship.
But, losing her, the End of Living lose.
1675, John Dryden, chapter III, in Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC:For what end should I toil?
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One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
The Pavillion End
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The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven […].
1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN:
- A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
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That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
I clothe my naked villainy / With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, / And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:odds and ends
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A single warp thread.
Wind a warp of 459 ends 3¾ yd long, following the warp color order in Figure 1.
2026, Shelby Moravec, “Flight of the Dragonflies Scarf”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 28:
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(in-plural, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) Money.
Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ende | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| ends | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| eend | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
beginning (antonym(s) of “final point of something”) · start (antonym(s) of “final point of something”)
Deriveds
end of · end-of-the-pier · end mark · backend · nob-end · keep one's end up · make someone's hair stand on end · end user license agreement · gable end · end board · to the end of time · like the back end of a bus · genetic dead end · endblown · end-foot · candle-end · bottom-end · loose ends · ends of the earth · stub end · best end · front-end · face like the back end of a bus · endsay · New End · End of Days · double-end · anend · at a loose end · time of the end · end goal · game-end · working end · endspan · nose-ender · end lap · dead-end · bar end · end-tidal · no end · at one's fingers' ends · weekend · end-of-train · end product · 5′ end · cigarette end · paired-end tag · short end · end-button · work both ends against the middle · butt end · beginning to end · pointy end · endling · endbox · not the end of the world · end cap · Bar End · end-effector · arse end · endloader · endstage · rear-end collision · endless · business end · endtime · end titles · in at the deep end · end organ · end zone · endgame · snitches get stitches and end up in ditches · knob end · hold up one's end · end point · play both ends against the middle · end-feel · on the receiving end · follow someone to the ends of the earth · big end of town · go to the ends of the world · middle-end · month's end · end item · fuzzy end of the lollipop · nd bearing pile · deadend · the end justifies the means · end lockdown · come to a sticky end · in the end · top end of town · yearend · endbrain · end of discussion · get on the end of · end credits · end matter · end-Cretaceous · wits' end · compromise to a permanent end · hear the end of it · front end · endband · shallow end · thick end · end of the rainbow · this is the end · end moraine · war to end all wars · end for end · well end · -ended · endpin · end of the road · get one's end away · closed-end fund · thin end of the wedge · end-organ · upend · end of watch · end-to-end · on one's beam ends · beam-ends · shoemaker's end · bell-end · end-leaf · waxed end · week-end · front-end loader · endo · rainbow's end · endpiece · think no end of oneself · idiot end · throw in at the deep end · tag end · on end · end play · at loose ends · back-end · tail-end · burnt ends · fag-end · end button · beginning of the end · fork end · end-of-life · forend · endmatcher · cod end · go to the ends of the earth · end of the world · Townsend · end-of-history illusion · end of life · other end · to no end · beyond the end of one's nose · tailend · means to an end · every stick has two ends · endstation · end-user license agreement · coend · endwise · end result · end game · end line · end feel · meet one's end · front-end processor · open-end fund · blank end · at the end of one's tether · endpaper · all good things must come to an end · by-end · scrag end · odds and ends · endward · rear-end · front end loader · endmember · get one's end in · look past the end of one's nose · back end · end of days · endknot · sticky end · Southend-on-Sea · Church End · end member · end-consumer · without end · show end · world without end · pointier end · endsheet · pointiest end · burn one's candle at both ends · end-on · high end · to what end · end rhyme · tight end · fag end · endcap · war to end all war · end-on-end · end of quote · fore-end · rough end of the pineapple · end times · ender · endmill · end-member · bookend · bring to an end · endgate · make ends meet · endbulb · endleaf · 3′ end · end-scraper · off the deep end · end in itself · deep end · end of the day · end user · low-end · end run · thrombo-end-arterectomy · end slate · tail end · stand on end · ends of the world · endways · all ends up · rope's end · endful · end screen · high-end · endbud · extra ends · short end of the stick · endly · come to an end · at the receiving end · arse end of nowhere · sharp end of one's tongue · at an end · baulk end · meet a sticky end · the end of one's rope · to that end · tie up loose ends · end of history · end-Triassic mass extinction · burn the candle at both ends · endmost · put an end to · endscraper · shit end of the stick · endism · nob end · live end dead end · end of story · wax end · draw to an end · at the end of the day · endspeech · scrag-end · wit's end · wrong end of the stick · know which end is up · bell end · the ends justify the means · end of the line · open-end spinning · through the wrong end of the telescope · end on · quote end quote · end quote · headend · knob-end · abend · Arse-end Charlie · sharp end · all good things come to an end · not know which end is up · small end of the wedge · Southend · end grain · endstone · end of terrace · dead end · endwards · year-end · free end · dog-end · bring an end to · other end of the ball · endlike · end piece · there are two ends to every stick · top-end · begin at the wrong end · stone end · endwork · end of day · look beyond the end of one's nose · endsome · make both ends meet · end artery · endplay · end consumer · endnote · to this end · hot end · warp end · endman · end table · endboard · light at the end of the tunnel · endplate · standing end · endcourt · most an end · unend · endpoint · rope's-end · to the end of the chapter · end state · end-feet · latter end · wet end · end-game · end-node · up-end · past the end of one's nose · wax-end · endif · follow someone to the ends of the world
Descendants
Hyponyms
Crouch End (A component in place names) · Four Lane Ends (A component in place names) · Hundred End (A component in place names) · Lochend (A component in place names) · Hulme End (A component in place names) · Princes End (A component in place names) · World's End (A component in place names) · Worlds End (A component in place names) · Lane Ends (A component in place names) · Bourne End (A component in place names) · Hill End (A component in place names) · Land's End (A component in place names) · Cliffsend (A component in place names) · Streetly End (A component in place names) · Woodend (A component in place names) · Bar End (A component in place names) · rear end · Church End (A component in place names) · weekend · world's end · Bridge End (A component in place names) · small end · Cliffs End (A component in place names) · bitter end · Well End (A component in place names) · West End (A component in place names) · Hatch End (A component in place names) · Heath End (A component in place names) · Knott End (A component in place names) · Mill End (A component in place names) · Lane End (A component in place names) · Park End (A component in place names) · Whitlock's End (A component in place names) · Wreaks End (A component in place names) · Elmers End (A component in place names) · tight end · East End (A component in place names) · Audley End (A component in place names) · the end · Wood End (A component in place names) · Mile End (A component in place names) · Commercial End (A component in place names) · Wallsend (A component in place names) · living end · Hedge End (A component in place names) · Shenley Church End (A component in place names) · Knott End-on-Sea (A component in place names) · North End (A component in place names) · New End (A component in place names) · Hale End (A component in place names) · Hook End (A component in place names) · Bridgend (A component in place names) · big end · Rood End (A component in place names) · loose end · Townend (A component in place names) · Town End (A component in place names) · Parkend (A component in place names) · Ponders End (A component in place names) · split end
Synonyms
terminus (final point in space or time) · limit (final point in space or time) · conclusion (final point in space or time) · purpose · termination (final point in space or time)
Translations (273)
wa fén (extreme part) · lt galas (extreme part) · de Ende (death) · oc fin (extreme part) · fr bout (period in curling) · ja 到達点 (purpose) · fa انتها (extreme part) · az baş (extreme part) · it fine (extreme part) · ru смерть (death) · be кане́ц (extreme part) · ja 終了 (extreme part) · mt tmiem (extreme part) · ro sfârșit (extreme part) · yi סוף (extreme part) · pl koniec (death) · mk цел (period in curling) · kmr dûmahî (extreme part) · nb slutt (extreme part) · el τέλος (death) · ja 最後 (extreme part) · nb hensikt (purpose) · fr bout (extreme part) · ru край (extreme part) · gd eàrr (extreme part) · mnc ᠸᠠᠵᡳᠮᠠ (extreme part) · la peractio (extreme part) · id ujung (extreme part) · grc ἄκρον (extreme part) · eo fino (extreme part) · mk смрт (death) · es fin (desus.) (extreme part) · fy ein (extreme part) · hy ծայր (extreme part) · pl krawędź (extreme part) · fi tulos (result) · pam danggut (extreme part) · sw mwisho (extreme part) · ko 끝 (extreme part) · bg смърт (death) · ja 結果 (result) · fr extrémité (extreme part) · vec tèrmine (extreme part) · de Tod (death) · ga foirceann (extreme part) · as শেষ (extreme part) · hy վերջ (extreme part) · la exitus (extreme part) · fi pääty (extreme part) · vec fin (extreme part) · ary خر (extreme part) · es punta (extreme part) · cv вӗҫ (extreme part) · bo མཇུག (extreme part) · ja 終わり (death) · nl einde (death) · sh крај (extreme part) · pl meta (period in curling) · la finis (extreme part) · es fin (extreme part) · tr ölüm (death) · zdj mzimiha (death) · ltg gols (extreme part) · grc τέλος (extreme part) · es parte (extreme part) · ast fin (extreme part) · el τέλος (extreme part) · sv ände (extreme part) · ko 목적 (purpose) · kpv пом (extreme part) · el σκοπός (purpose) · nb ende (extreme part) · sl cilj (period in curling) · et lõpp (extreme part) · ro capăt (extreme part) · nb død (death) · sk cieľ (period in curling) · cmn 結束 /结束 (extreme part) · fi loppu (death) · mi mutunga (extreme part) · la extremum (extreme part) · kmr talî (extreme part) · ee nuwuwu (extreme part) · ur انت (extreme part) · vi chóp (extreme part) · kix thūo (extreme part) · lg enkomelelo (extreme part) · mi hikutau (extreme part) · el λήξη (extreme part) · ja 端 (extreme part) · my အဆုံး (extreme part) · gsw Endi (extreme part) · ru дально (extreme part) · lad פ׳ין (extreme part) · he סוֹף (extreme part) · lad kavo (extreme part) · fi loppu (extreme part) · pl kraj (extreme part) · mk крај (death) · br diwezh (extreme part) · uk кіне́ць (extreme part) · fr fin (extreme part) · io fino (extreme part) · lad קאב׳ו (extreme part) · ms akhir (extreme part) · ka ბოლო (extreme part) · ltg beigys (extreme part) · tg охир (extreme part) · az axır (extreme part) · es extremo (extreme part) · pt fim (death) · fi päämäärä (purpose) · ka დასასრული (extreme part) · izh loppu (extreme part) · ja 終わり (extreme part) · az son (extreme part) · so dhammaad (extreme part) · sl konec (extreme part) · cy diwedd (extreme part) · ru коне́ц (death) · ltg pabeigys (extreme part) · sh kraj (extreme part) · bg край (extreme part) · ist feîn (extreme part) · gv arbyl (extreme part) · pl śmierć (death) · vi kết (extreme part) · ko 죽음 (death) · ko 도달점 (purpose) · ca fi (extreme part) · yai охир (extreme part) · ko 결과 (result) · fur fin (extreme part) · pt fim (purpose) · sw tamati (extreme part) · sh smrt (death) · lv gals (extreme part) · pt cabo (extreme part) · kmr kutahî (extreme part) · sw mwisho (death) · ka აღსასრული (death) · th จบ (extreme part) · nap scompetura (extreme part) · egy g:r-H-D41:Y1 (extreme part) · id akhir (extreme part) · ko 종료 (extreme part) · la extremus (extreme part) · rm fegn (extreme part) · ja エンド (extreme part) · pam sepu (extreme part) · km ចុង (extreme part) · sv slut (death) · hu vég (extreme part) · da afslutning (extreme part) · pt término (extreme part) · sc fine (extreme part) · mi paunga (extreme part) · nb formål (purpose) · eu amai (extreme part) · el τέρμα (extreme part) · lo ຈົບ (extreme part) · sk koniec (extreme part) · he תַּכְלִית (purpose) · sw ncha (extreme part) · sa समाप्ति (extreme part) · el πέρας (extreme part) · fa پایان (extreme part) · uk край (extreme part) · tr son (extreme part) · tr sonuç (result) · el άκρο (extreme part) · be край (extreme part) · cmn 端 (extreme part) · lb Enn (extreme part) · lv gals (death) · evn мудан (extreme part) · cmn 末尾 (extreme part) · tr amaç (purpose) · es muerte (death) · fa آخر (extreme part) · tl kamatayan (death) · cs konec (extreme part) · ar غَايَة (purpose) · el άκρη (extreme part) · ja 最期 (death) · ba аҙаҡ (extreme part) · nb mål (purpose) · ru энд (period in curling) · nn hensikt (purpose) · sv slut (extreme part) · az axır (death) · mn төгсгөл (extreme part) · fi erä (period in curling) · ar نِهَايَة (extreme part) · ja 結末 (result) · ca fi (death) · as ওৰ (extreme part) · ca final (death) · es final (extreme part) · nl uiteinde (extreme part) · tl dulo (extreme part) · es cabo (extreme part) · cs smrt (death) · da ende (extreme part) · eve мудан (extreme part) · la termen (extreme part) · dsb kóńc (extreme part) · pt fim (extreme part) · de Ende (extreme part) · scn fini (extreme part) · ro terminație (extreme part) · la finis (death) · sv död (death) · sh смрт (death) · vi mút (extreme part) · nb ende (result) · da ende (period in curling) · kmr xilasî (extreme part) · mk крај (extreme part) · gld дуэ (extreme part) · kix thūo (death) · nb ende (death) · tl wakas (death) · ms هوجوڠ (extreme part) · ht fen (extreme part) · gl fin (extreme part) · tl katapusan (death) · dlm fain (extreme part) · la finalitas (extreme part) · la terminus (extreme part) · rm fin (extreme part) · es lado (extreme part) · sa अन्त (extreme part) · ja 終い (extreme part) · ja ご臨終 (death) · az ölüm (death) · wa dibout (extreme part) · lv beigas (extreme part) · tr son (death) · gl fin (death) · hi अंत (extreme part) · lad fin (extreme part) · ar غَايَة (extreme part) · ka მიწურული (extreme part) · om dhuma (extreme part) · ms hujung (extreme part) · sc finis (extreme part) · mt għeluq (extreme part) · fi pää (ideal point of a complex) · lt pabaiga (extreme part) · is endir (extreme part) · ru коне́ц (extreme part) · arz نهاية (extreme part) · grc τέρμα (extreme part) · pl koniec (extreme part) · fi pää (extreme part) · az son (death) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (extreme part) · grc τελευτή (extreme part) · gld модан (extreme part) · ko 결론 (result) · mnc ᡩᡠᠪᡝ (extreme part) · tl katapusan (extreme part) · de Schluss (extreme part) · kmr dawî (extreme part) · fi tarkoitus (purpose) · nl einde (extreme part) · ko 결말 (result) · ltg kaiki (death) · wa coron (extreme part) · sq skaj (extreme part) · nn føremål (purpose) · sc fini (extreme part)