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ENDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of ending something
Example:
the termination of the agreement
Synonyms:
conclusion; ending; termination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):
change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):
discontinuance; discontinuation (the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent))
deactivation; defusing (the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb))
abortion (termination of pregnancy)
disappearance; fade (gradually ceasing to be visible)
extinction; extinguishing; quenching (the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning)
closedown; closing; closure; shutdown (termination of operations)
drug withdrawal; withdrawal (the termination of drug taking)
liquidation; settlement (termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities)
abolishment; abolition (the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery))
kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))
adjournment; dissolution (the termination of a meeting)
overthrow (the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force))
breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))
relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)
retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)
closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup (a concluding action)
release; tone ending ((music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone)
demonetisation; demonetization (ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country)
abort (the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed)
Derivation:
end (bring to an end or halt)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
Example:
I don't like words that have -ism as an ending
Synonyms:
ending; termination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):
morpheme (minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):
postfix; suffix (an affix that is added at the end of the word)
inflectional ending; inflectional suffix (an inflection that is added at the end of a root word)
Sense 3
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 ("ending" 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 "ending"):
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 ("ending" 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)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Event whose occurrence ends something
Example:
when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show
Synonyms:
conclusion; ending; finish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):
defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)
triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)
halt; stop (the event of something ending)
omega; Z (the ending of a series or sequence)
demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
foregone conclusion; matter of course (an inevitable ending)
final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)
end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
Antonym:
beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)
Derivation:
end (put an end to)
end (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)
Sense 5
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 ("ending" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):
death; last (the time at which life ends; continuing until dead)
death; demise; dying (the time when something ends)
period (the end or completion of something)
year-end (the end of a calendar year)
close; conclusion; finale; finis; finish; last; stopping point (the temporal end; the concluding time)
cease (('cease' is a noun only in the phrase 'without cease') end)
fag end; tail; tail end (the time of the last part of something)
fin de siecle (the end of a century, especially the 19th century)
last gasp (the point of death or exhaustion or completion)
expiration; expiry; termination (a coming to an end of a contract period)
limit; terminal point; terminus ad quem (final or latest limiting point)
Derivation:
end (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb end
Context examples:
Scientists at Rutgers University have developed a technique to turn proteins into never-ending patterns that look like flowers, trees or snowflakes.
(New technique helps engineer water filters, human tissues, National Science Foundation)
Upon oral administration, hyoscine butylbromide binds to and blocks muscarinic receptors located on postganglionic parasympathetic nerve endings and on smooth muscle cells.
(Butylscopolamine Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)
It contains unmyelinated nerve endings which are responsible for the high sensitivity of the tissue.
(Cornea, NCI Thesaurus)
The free nerve endings detect pain, touch, pressure and temperature, and are associated with C fibres.
(Free Nerve Ending, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration, 6-[18F]FDA is taken up by presynaptic sympathetic nerve endings via the norepinephrine transporter (NET) uptake-1.
(Fluorine F-18 6-Fluorodopamine, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance used to relieve pain by blocking signals at the nerve endings in skin.
(Lidocaine, NCI Dictionary)
These cells are very close to the nerve endings that receive the sensation of touch and may be involved in touch.
(Merkel cell, NCI Dictionary)
A free nerve ending that is a receptor for painful stimuli.
(Nociceptor, NCI Thesaurus)
Naratriptan hydrochloride may also exerts its effect by stimulation of 5-HT1D/1B receptors on sensory nerve endings in the trigeminal system thereby decreasing the release of pro-inflammatory neuropeptides.
(Naratriptan Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A muscle in the lower leg and foot beginning at the fibula and ending with a tendon attaching to the distal surface of the great toe phalanx in order to flex the toe.
(Flexor Hallucis Longus, NCI Thesaurus)
