end
end (end)
noun
- a limit or limiting part; point of beginning or stopping; boundary
- the last part of anything; final point; finish; completion; conclusion the end of the day
- a ceasing to exist; death or destruction
- the cause or manner of this
- the part at, toward, or near either of the extremities of anything; tip
- an outer district or region the west end of town
- a division, sector, area of responsibility, etc., as in an organization
- what is desired or hoped for; object; purpose; intention
- an outcome; result; upshot; consequence
- a piece left over; fragment; remnant odds and ends
- the reason for being; final cause
- ☆ Football
- a player at either end of the line
- his position
Etymology: ME & OE ende, akin to Ger ende, Goth andeis < IE *antyos, opposite, lying ahead < *anti-, opposite, facing (< base *ants, front, forehead) < OHG endi, forehead, Ger anti, L ante
transitive verb
- to bring to an end; finish; stop; conclude
- to be or form the end of
Etymology: ME enden < OE endian
intransitive verb
- to come to an end; terminate: often with up
- to die
adjective
end for end
ends of the earth
end to end
in the end
keep one's end up
make an end of
- to finish; stop
- to do away with
make (both) ends meet
Etymology: as in Fr joindre les deux bouts
no end
on end
- in an upright position
- without interruption for days on end
put an end to
- to stop
- to do away with
to end
end
- endorse
- endorsement
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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