Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: end
IPA transcription: ['ɛnd]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: end, terminal
    Meaning: either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"
  • Synonyms: end, ending
    Meaning: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
  • Synonyms: end, last, final_stage
    Meaning: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
  • Synonyms: goal, end
    Meaning: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
  • Synonyms: end
    Meaning: a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
  • Synonyms: end, destruction, death
    Meaning: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
  • Synonyms: end
    Meaning: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
  • Synonyms: end
    Meaning: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
  • Synonyms: end
    Meaning: a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
  • Synonyms: end
    Meaning: one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time"
  • Synonyms: end
    Meaning: the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
    Meaning: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
  • Synonyms: end, terminate
    Meaning: bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
  • Synonyms: end, terminate
    Meaning: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
Usage examples
  • THE END
  • The End
  • "To the end."
  • TILL THE END.
  • THE END OF IT
  • This is the end of it.
  • This, then, was the end.
  • Here my task should end.
  • Soon after, the end came.
  • And an end there shall be.