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[ɛnd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story
(e.g: the end of the year)
- the furthest or most extreme part of something
(e.g: the church at the end of the road)
- a goal or desired result
(e.g: each would use the other to further his own ends)
- (in bowls and curling) a session of play in one particular direction across the playing area
- a lineman positioned nearest the sideline
(e.g: a defensive end)
Phrases:
- a — to end all —s
- all ends up
- an end in itself
- at an end
- at the end of the day
- be at the end of
- be the end
- come to a sticky end
- come to an end
- end in tears
- end it all
- end of story
- end on
- end one's days
- end one's life
- end to end
- get one's end away
- get one's end in
- in the end
- keep one's end up
- make an end of
- make ends meet
- never hear the end of
- no end
- no end of
- on end
- put an end to
- the end justifies the means
- the end of one's tether
- the end of the road
- the end of the world
- the sharp end
- to no end
- without end
- world without end
Origin
:
Old English ende (noun), endian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch einde (noun), einden (verb) and German Ende (noun), enden (verb)
[ɛnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- come or bring to a final point; finish
(e.g: when the war ended, policy changed)
Phrases:
- a — to end all —s
- all ends up
- an end in itself
- at an end
- at the end of the day
- be at the end of
- be the end
- come to a sticky end
- come to an end
- end in tears
- end it all
- end of story
- end on
- end one's days
- end one's life
- end to end
- get one's end away
- get one's end in
- in the end
- keep one's end up
- make an end of
- make ends meet
- never hear the end of
- no end
- no end of
- on end
- put an end to
- the end justifies the means
- the end of one's tether
- the end of the road
- the end of the world
- the sharp end
- to no end
- without end
- world without end
Origin
:
Old English ende (noun), endian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch einde (noun), einden (verb) and German Ende (noun), enden (verb)
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