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end up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To bring to a conclusion.
   • The band usually ends up their concerts with their biggest hit song.
2. (copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
   • I was going for a stroll, and ended up lost.
   • She gave her all, and ended up winning the contest.
   • This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver. 1960 March 14, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Preston—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 201:
   • He ended up as an insurance agent.
   • They ended up angry at each other.
3. (transitive) To lift or tilt, so as to set on end.
   • to end up a hogshead

Forms

Relateds

start up

Synonyms

turn out (come to a final place, condition, situation) · wind up (to bring to a conclusion) · end (to bring to a conclusion) · conclude (to bring to a conclusion) · wind up (come to a final place, condition, situation) · finish up (to bring to a conclusion)

Translations (66)

it finire per (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ru оказа́ться (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · el γίνομαι (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu véget ér (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pt terminar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pl znaleźć się (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · uk вре́шті решт (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pl skończyć się (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · de am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · uk зре́штою (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · it ritrovarsi (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · de sich herausstellen (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · uk закі́нчуватися (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · no havne (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · es quedar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ro sfârși (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · es terminar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu találja magát (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fr se terminer (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ro termina (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · cmn 到达 (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · es ir a parar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ca acabar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu végződik (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · it andare a finire (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · oc acabar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pl kończyć się (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pl skończyć (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · uk опиня́тися (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · de landen (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ca acabar-se (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · it finire (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fi joutua (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fr se finir (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ru ока́зываться (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · uk закі́нчитися (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fr finir (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · cs skončit (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ru зако́нчиться (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · sdc finì (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · es acabar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fr se retrouver (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pl kończyć (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · el καταντάω (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fr arriver (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fr terminer (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu végül (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fi päätyä (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · nl belanden (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu kiköt (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu jut (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fr finir par (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ru зака́нчиваться (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu kerül (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · ko 종식되다 (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pt resultante (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · fi tehdä lopulta (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · pt acabar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu érkezik (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · hu végez (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · nl terechtkomen (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · oc arribar (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · de damit enden (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · sv hamna (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · it finire col (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected) · uk опини́тися (come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected)