Dictionary

endless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛndlɪs/
• (US) audio
• /ˈɛndləs/

Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having no end.
   • endless time; endless praise
   • Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station. 1942 May-June, “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:
2. (not-comparable) Extending indefinitely.
   • an endless line
3. (not-comparable) Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
   • In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions. 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 64:
4. (not-comparable, obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
   • All loves are endless. c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii:

Antonyms

finite · limited

Coordinates

beginningless

Deriveds

endless chain · endlessly · endless runner · endless saw · endless war · endless screw · endless loop · endless belt · endlessness · endless September

Synonyms

infinite · termless · never-ending · unlimited · unending (having no end) · eternal · ceaseless · unendly · endless · eternal (extending indefinitely)

Translations (110)

pl bezkresny (indefinite) · hi अनन्त (having no end) · nl oneindig (indefinite) · it interminabile (having no end) · ko 끝없다 (having no end) · ka განუსაზღვრელი (indefinite) · nl grenzeloos (indefinite) · sh бе̏зграничан (having no end) · pt incessante (having no end) · de unbegrenzt (indefinite) · el ατελείωτος (indefinite) · fi loppumaton (indefinite) · ja 無限の (having no end) · ga gan deireadh (having no end) · hi अंतहीन (having no end) · izh otsatoin (having no end) · ka უსაზღვრო (indefinite) · fi loppumaton (having no end) · ka გაუთავებელი (having no end) · mk бесконечен (having no end) · el ατελείωτος (having no end) · te అనంతము (having no end) · ka უსაზღვრო (having no end) · grc ᾰ̓́πειρος (having no end) · nan-hbl 不盡 /不尽 (having no end) · ja 切りが無い (having no end) · ca interminable (having no end) · de unendlich (indefinite) · cy bythol (having no end) · it infinito (having no end) · te అంతములేని (having no end) · be бяскра́йні (having no end) · ro nesfârșit (indefinite) · de unbeschränkt (indefinite) · it senza fine (having no end) · ka უსასრულო (having no end) · cy diddiwedd (having no end) · fr interminable (having no end) · grc ἀανής (having no end) · lt begalinis (having no end) · th อนันต์ (having no end) · el ατέλειωτος (having no end) · fi päättymätön (indefinite) · nb endeløs (having no end) · be бескане́чны (having no end) · eo senfina (having no end) · grc ἀνήνυτος (having no end) · sv ändlös (having no end) · fi loputon (having no end) · pt infinito (having no end) · sh bȅzgraničan (having no end) · gl infinito (having no end) · bg безконе́чен (having no end) · cs nekonečný (having no end) · ur لامُتَناہی (having no end) · ga gan teorainn (having no end) · be бязме́жны (having no end) · be бяско́нцы (having no end) · km អនន្ត (having no end) · fr infini (having no end) · nl eindeloos (having no end) · ca inacabable (indefinite) · gl sen termo (having no end) · sk nekonečný (having no end) · sa अनन्त (having no end) · cy didranc (having no end) · el ατέλειωτος (indefinite) · da endeløs (having no end) · lv nebeidzams (having no end) · es sin fin (having no end) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (having no end) · ro nesfârșit (having no end) · fa-ira بیپایان (having no end) · tr bitmeyen (having no end) · gd sìorraidh (having no end) · lv bezgalīgs (indefinite) · yue 不盡 /不尽 (having no end) · de unbegrenzt (having no end) · uk безкіне́чний (having no end) · de endlos (having no end) · fi loputon (indefinite) · ru бескра́йний (having no end) · gl sen fin (having no end) · hy անվերջ (having no end) · sl neskončen (having no end) · cy diderfyn (having no end) · la aeternus (having no end) · ka უთავბოლო (having no end) · ja 果てしない (having no end) · la īnfīnītus (having no end) · fi päättymätön (having no end) · bg безкра́ен (having no end) · da uendelig (indefinite) · cmn 不盡 /不尽 (having no end) · uk безконе́чний (having no end) · uk безме́жний (having no end) · mk бескраен (having no end) · gl infindo (having no end) · fr perpétuel (having no end) · ru безграни́чный (having no end) · cmn 無窮 /无穷 (having no end) · pt infindável (having no end) · cy annherfynol (having no end) · ru бесконе́чный (having no end) · ro interminabil (having no end) · ka დაუსრულებელი (having no end) · ro fără sfârșit (having no end) · tr sonsuz (having no end) · uk безкра́йній (having no end) · pt infindo (having no end)