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Webster's 1828 DictionaryEND, n. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster's
Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. & v. --n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an extremity of a line, or of the greatest dimension of an object. c the furthest point (to the ends of the earth). 2 the surface bounding a thing at either extremity; an extreme part (a strip of wood with a nail in one end). 3 a conclusion, finish (no end to his misery). b the latter or final part. c death, destruction, downfall (met an untimely end). d result, outcome. e an ultimate state or condition. 4 a a thing one seeks to attain; a purpose (will do anything to achieve his ends; to what end?). b the object for which a thing exists. 5 a remnant; a piece left over (cigarette-end). 6 (prec. by the) colloq. the limit of endurability. 7 the half of a sports pitch or court occupied by one team or player. 8 the part or share with which a person is concerned (no problem at my end). 9 Bowls a unit of play in which play is from one side of the green towards the other. 10 US Football a player at the extremity of a line or team. --v. 1 tr. & intr. bring or come to an end. 2 tr. put an end to; destroy. 3 intr. (foll. by in) have as its result (will end in tears). 4 intr. (foll. by by) do or achieve eventually (ended by marrying an heiress). Phrases and idioms: all ends up completely. at an end exhausted or completed. at the end of one's tether see TETHER. come to a bad (or sticky) end meet with ruin or disgrace. come to an end 1 be completed or finished. 2 become exhausted. end-around n. US Football an offensive play in which an end carries the ball round the opposite end. --adj. Computing involving the transfer of a digit from one end of a register to the other. end-game the final stage of a game (esp. chess), when few pieces remain. end it all (or end it) colloq. commit suicide. end of the road the point at which a hope or endeavour has to be abandoned. end of the world the cessation of mortal life. end on with the end facing one, or with the end adjoining the end of the next object. end-play Bridge a method of play in the last few tricks to force an opponent to make a disadvantageous lead. end-point the final stage of a process, esp. the point at which an effect is observed in titration, dilution, etc. end-product the final product of manufacture, radioactive decay, etc. end result final outcome. end run US 1 Football an attempt by the ball-carrier to run round his or her own end. 2 an evasive tactic esp. in war or politics. end standard a standard of length in the form of a metal bar or block with the end faces the standard distance apart. end-stopped (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line. end to end with the end of each of a series adjoining the end of the next. end up reach a specified state, action, or place eventually (ended up a drunkard; ended up making a fortune). end-user the person, customer, etc., who is the ultimate user of a product. in the end finally; after all. keep one's end up do one's part despite difficulties. make an end of put a stop to. make ends (or both ends) meet live within one's income. no end colloq. to a great extent, very much. no end of colloq. much or many of. on end 1 upright (hair stood on end). 2 continuously (for three weeks on end). put an end to 1 stop (an activity etc.). 2 abolish, destroy. Derivatives: ender n. Etymology: OE ende, endian, f. Gmc Webster's 1913 DictionaryEnd End, n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ["a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. ????. Cf. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. --Eccl. vii. 8. 2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. My guilt be on my head, and there an end. --Shak. O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak. 3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. --Pope. Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. --Shak. I shall see an end of him. --Shak. 4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. Losing her, the end of living lose. --Dryden. When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. --Coleridge. 5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. --Shak. 6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. Webster's 1913 DictionaryEnd End, v. i. To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends. Webster's 1913 DictionaryEnd End, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ending.] 1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. ``I shall end this strife.'' --Shak. On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2. 2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back. 3. To destroy; to put to death. ``This sword hath ended him.'' --Shak. To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary(ends, ending, ended) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The end of something such as a period of time, an event, a book, or a film is the last part of it or the final point in it. The £5 banknote was first issued at the end of the 18th century... The report is expected by the end of the year... You will have the chance to ask questions at the end. N-SING: the N, usu prep N, N of n 2. When a situation, process, or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it reaches its final point and stops. The meeting quickly ended and Steve and I left the room... Talks have resumed to try to end the fighting... VERB: V, V n • ending The ending of a marriage by death is different in many ways from an ending occasioned by divorce. N-SING: usu the N of n 3. An end to something or the end of it is the act or result of stopping it so that it does not continue any longer. The French government today called for an end to the violence... I was worried she would walk out or bring the interview to an end... Francis fined him two weeks' wages and said: 'That's the end of the matter.' N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N to/of n 4. If you say that someone or something ends a period of time in a particular way, you are indicating what the final situation was like. You can also say that a period of time ends in a particular way. The markets ended the week on a quiet note... The evening ended with a dramatic display of fireworks. VERB: V n prep/adv, V prep, also V n by -ing, V n -ing 5. If a period of time ends, it reaches its final point. Its monthly reports on program trading usually come out about three weeks after each month ends... The first figure shows sales for week ending July 27. VERB: V, V 6. If something such as a book, speech, or performance ends with a particular thing or the writer or performer ends it with that thing, its final part consists of the thing mentioned. His statement ended with the words: 'Pray for me.'... The book ends on a lengthy description of Hawaii... Dawkins ends his discussion with a call for liberation... The memo ends: 'Please give this matter your most urgent attention.' VERB: V with/on n, V with/on n, V n with/on n, V with quote 7. If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result. The incident could have ended in tragedy... Our conversations ended with him saying he would try to be more understanding... Shares ended 1.7 per cent firmer on the Frankfurt exchange. VERB: V in n, V with n -ing, V adv/adj 8. The two ends of something long and narrow are the two points or parts of it that are furthest away from each other. The company is planning to place surveillance equipment at both ends of the tunnel... A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end. N-COUNT: with supp 9. The end of a long, narrow object such as a finger or a pencil is the tip or smallest edge of it, usually the part that is furthest away from you. He tapped the ends of his fingers together... She let the long cone of ash hang at the end of her cigarette. = tip N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n 10. If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part. It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw. VERB: V with/in n 11. A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further. The road ended at a T-junction... VERB: V prep/adv, also V 12. End is used to refer to either of the two extreme points of a scale, or of something that you are considering as a scale. At the other end of the social scale was the grocer, the village's only merchant... The agreement has been criticised by extremist groups on both ends of the political spectrum. N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n 13. The other end is one of two places that are connected because people are communicating with each other by telephone or writing, or are travelling from one place to the other. When he answered the phone, Ferguson was at the other end... Make sure to meet them at the other end. N-COUNT: supp N 14. If you refer to a particular end of a project or piece of work, you mean a part or aspect of it, for example a part of it that is done by a particular person or in a particular place. (SPOKEN) You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine... N-COUNT: usu sing, usu supp N 15. An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working. The police force is being manipulated for political ends... Now the government is trying another policy designed to achieve the same end. N-COUNT: usu supp N 16. If you say that something ends at a particular point, you mean that it is applied or exists up to that point, and no further. Helen is also 25 and from Birmingham, but the similarity ends there... VERB: V adv/prep 17. You can refer to someone's death as their end, especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die. (LITERARY) Soon after we had spoken to this man he had met a violent end. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu supp N 18. If you end by doing something or end in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to. They ended by making themselves miserable... They'll probably end back on the streets. VERB: V by -ing, V adv/prep 19. If someone ends it all, they kill themselves. He grew suicidal, thinking up ways to end it all. PHRASE: V inflects 20. If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate. It was going to be a party to end all parties. PHRASE: n PHR n 21. If something is at an end, it has finished and will not continue. The recession is definitely at an end. PHRASE: v-link PHR 22. If something comes to an end, it stops. The cold war came to an end. PHRASE: V inflects 23. You say at the end of the day when you are talking about what happens after a long series of events or what appears to be the case after you have considered the relevant facts. (INFORMAL) At the end of the day it's up to the Germans to decide... PHRASE: PHR with cl 24. If you are thrown in at the deep end, you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation. If you jump in at the deep end, you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation. (mainly BRIT) It's a superb job. You get thrown in at the deep end and it's all down to you... PHRASE: V inflects 25. You say in the end when you are saying what is the final result of a series of events, or what is your final conclusion after considering all the relevant facts. I toyed with the idea of calling the police, but in the end I didn't... PHRASE: PHR with cl 26. If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else. While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 27. If you find it difficult to make ends meet, you can only just manage financially because you hardly have enough money for the things you need. With Betty's salary they barely made ends meet. PHRASE: make inflects 28. No end means a lot. (INFORMAL) Teachers inform me that Tracey's behaviour has improved no end. PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR of n 29. When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned. He is a wonderful companion and we can talk for hours on end... PHRASE: pl-n PHR 30. Something that is on end is upright, instead of in its normal or natural position, for example lying down, flat, or on its longest side. PHRASE: PHR after v 31. To put an end to something means to cause it to stop. Only a political solution could put an end to the violence. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n 32. If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further. Given the results of the vote, is this the end of the road for the hardliners in Congress? PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR for n 33. If you say that something bad is not the end of the world, you are trying to stop yourself or someone else being so upset by it, by suggesting that it is not the worst thing that could happen. Obviously I'd be disappointed if we don't make it, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. PHRASE: V inflects, oft it v-link PHR if 34. the end of your tether: see tether to burn the candle at both ends: see candle to make your hair stand on end: see hair a means to an end: see means to be on the receiving end: see receive to get the wrong end of the stick: see stick to be at your wits' end: see wit Easton's Bible Dictionaryin Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word _ekbasin_, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It occurs only elsewhere in 1 Cor. 10:13, where it is rendered "escape." International Standard Bible Encyclopediaqets, 'ephec, kalah; telos, sunteleo: Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
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