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END
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
Example:
no one wanted to play end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
lineman ((American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage)
Holonyms ("end" is a member of...):
eleven; football team (a team that plays football)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The part you are expected to play
Example:
he held up his end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
contribution; part; share (the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Synonyms:
end; oddment; remainder; remnant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "end"):
fag end (the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A final part or section
Example:
Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)
Antonym:
beginning (the first part or section of something)
middle (an intermediate part or section)
Derivation:
end (bring to an end or halt)
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
end (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
Example:
the ends justify the means
Synonyms:
end; goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "end"):
aim; object; objective; target (the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable))
bourn; bourne (an archaic term for a goal or destination)
end-all (the ultimate goal)
destination; terminus (the ultimate goal for which something is done)
no-goal (a nonexistent goal)
aim; design; intent; intention; purpose (an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions)
intention ((usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal)
Holonyms ("end" is a part of...):
plan of action (a plan for actively doing something)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The last section of a communication
Example:
in conclusion I want to say...
Synonyms:
close; closing; conclusion; end; ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "end"):
coda; finale (the closing section of a musical composition)
peroration ((rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration)
epilog; epilogue (a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play)
epilog; epilogue (a short passage added at the end of a literary work)
anticlimax; bathos (a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one)
Holonyms ("end" is a part of...):
narration; recital; yarn (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events)
address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)
Derivation:
end (put an end to)
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
end (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
Example:
I had to miss the last of the movie
Synonyms:
end; last
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "end"):
end game; endgame (the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board)
end game; endgame (the final stages of an extended process of negotiation)
homestretch (the end of an enterprise)
passing (the end of something)
Derivation:
end (bring to an end or halt)
end (put an end to)
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
end (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A boundary marking the extremities of something
Example:
the end of town
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
Derivation:
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Either extremity of something that has length
Example:
the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
Synonyms:
end; terminal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
extremity (the outermost or farthest region or point)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "end"):
tip (the extreme end of something; especially something pointed)
destination; finish; goal (the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey))
end point; endpoint; termination; terminus (a place where something ends or is complete)
heel (one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread)
telomere (either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome)
nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)
yardarm (either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship)
terminus (either end of a railroad or bus route)
railhead (the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway)
magnetic pole; pole (one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated)
point (sharp end)
heel (the lower end of a ship's mast)
bitthead (the upper end of a bitt)
bitter end ((nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt)
Derivation:
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Sense 10
Meaning:
The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
Example:
one end of the box was marked 'This side up'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)
Derivation:
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Sense 11
Meaning:
One of two places from which people are communicating to each other
Example:
both ends wrote at the same time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)
Sense 12
Meaning:
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
Example:
the end managed to hold onto the pass
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
lineman (one of the players on the line of scrimmage)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "end"):
split end ((football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen)
tight end ((football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle)
Sense 13
Meaning:
A final state
Example:
the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
Synonyms:
death; destruction; end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Derivation:
end (bring to an end or halt)
end (put an end to)
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
end (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)
Sense 14
Meaning:
The point in time at which something ends
Example:
the ending of warranty period
Synonyms:
end; ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("end" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "end"):
limit; terminal point; terminus ad quem (final or latest limiting point)
expiration; expiry; termination (a coming to an end of a contract period)
last gasp (the point of death or exhaustion or completion)
fin de siecle (the end of a century, especially the 19th century)
fag end; tail; tail end (the time of the last part of something)
cease (('cease' is a noun only in the phrase 'without cease') end)
close; conclusion; finale; finis; finish; last; stopping point (the temporal end; the concluding time)
year-end (the end of a calendar year)
period (the end or completion of something)
death; demise; dying (the time when something ends)
death; last (the time at which life ends; continuing until dead)
Antonym:
beginning (the time at which something is supposed to begin)
middle (time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period)
Derivation:
end (bring to an end or halt)
end (put an end to)
end (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
end (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they end ... he / she / it ends
Past simple: ended
Past participle: ended
-ing form: ending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring to an end or halt
Example:
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Synonyms:
end; terminate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "end" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "end"):
close (finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.))
phase out (terminate gradually)
close (complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement)
conclude (bring to a close)
adjudicate; decide; resolve; settle (bring to an end; settle conclusively)
closure; cloture (terminate debate by calling for a vote)
complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)
finalise; finalize; nail down; settle (make final; put the last touches on; put into final form)
crush out; extinguish; press out; stub out (extinguish by crushing)
break; interrupt; close out (terminate)
finish (cause to finish a relationship with somebody)
abort (terminate before completion)
culminate (bring to a head or to the highest point)
kill; stamp out (end or extinguish by forceful means)
break up; dissolve (come to an end)
break up; dissolve (bring the association of to an end or cause to break up)
break; break off; discontinue; stop (prevent completion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They end moving
Antonym:
begin (set in motion, cause to start)
begin (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)
Derivation:
end (a final part or section)
end (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
end (a final state)
end (the point in time at which something ends)
ending (the act of ending something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Put an end to
Example:
The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "end" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
end (the last section of a communication)
end (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
end (a final state)
end (the point in time at which something ends)
ending (event whose occurrence ends something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Example:
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Synonyms:
cease; end; finish; stop; terminate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "end"):
break (come to an end)
discontinue (come to or be at an end)
come out; turn out (result or end)
close; conclude (come to a close)
disappear; go away; vanish (become invisible or unnoticeable)
go; run low; run short (to be spent or finished)
run out (become used up; be exhausted)
climax; culminate (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage)
disappear; vanish (cease to exist)
adjourn; break up; recess (close at the end of a session)
go out (become extinguished)
cut out (cease operating)
lapse (end, at least for a long time)
pass away (go out of existence)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Antonym:
begin (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense)
Derivation:
end (the point in time at which something ends)
end (a final state)
end (the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object)
end (either extremity of something that has length)
end (a boundary marking the extremities of something)
end (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
end (the last section of a communication)
end (a final part or section)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
Example:
This sad scene ended the movie
Synonyms:
end; terminate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "end" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "end"):
close (cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
end (a final part or section)
end (the last section of a communication)
end (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
end (a final state)
end (the point in time at which something ends)
ending (event whose occurrence ends something)
ending (the point in time at which something ends)
Context examples:
At the sound, Kiche leaped snarling to the end of her stick, and there raged terribly because she could not come to his aid.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Mr. Mell having left me while he took his irreparable boots upstairs, I went softly to the upper end of the room, observing all this as I crept along.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When he came to his pack, he paused long over the squat moose-hide sack, but in the end it went with him.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
A little rope-work, sail-making, and experience with storms and such things, and by the end of the voyage you could ship on any coasting schooner.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Here they are in this telegram, and the other end of our tangled skein must lie among them.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“God save the king!” said I, waving my cap. “And there's an end to Captain Silver!”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Well, the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the sawbones; and there you might have supposed would be an end to it.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Jim and I had forgotten our tears, and were holding our ribs before she came to the end of it.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I shall have his heart's blood, though I walk behind him to the further end of earth.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The decision to end a pregnancy is very personal.
(Abortion, NIH)
