English Explanatory Dictionary

end

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The terminal point of something in space or time.
  2. The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
  3. Death.
  4. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
  5. Result.
  6. A purpose, goal, or aim.
  7. One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
  8. The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
  9. A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
  10. An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
  11. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
  12. A single warp thread.
verb
  1. To come to an end.
  2. To conclude; to bring something to an end.
  3. To finish, terminate.
noun
  1. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
noun
  1. Acronym of equivalent narcotic depth.

Pronunciation

ĕnd /ɛnd/ En-uk-to end.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-end.wav en-us-end.ogg en-au-end.ogg ēnd /iːnd/ /ɪnd/

Word forms

end ends eend ende ending ended

Etymology

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Cognates Cognate with Yola een, eene (“end”), Saterland Frisian Eend, Eende (“end”), West Frisian ein (“end”), Alemannic German End, Endi (“end”), Central Franconian Eng, Enk (“end”), Cimbrian énte (“end”), Dutch eind, einde, end (“end”), German Ende (“end”), Luxembourgish Enn (“end”), Vilamovian end, ent (“end”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ende (“end”), Faroese endi (“end”), Icelandic endi, endir (“end”), Swedish ända, ände (“end”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis, “end”); also Irish éadan (“end; front”), Manx eddin (“face; front”), Scottish Gaelic aodann (“face; hillside”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Albanian anë (“brink; edge; facet; side”), Latvian no (“for; from”), Lithuanian nuo (“for; from”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian на (na, “on”), Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene na (“on”), Serbo-Croatian на, na (“on”), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd, “in the place, instead of”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “against; towards; upon”), Tocharian A ānt (“in front”), Tocharian B ānte (“in front of”), Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “boundary; border, edge; end, termination”). More at and and anti-. The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.

Synonyms

conclusion limit terminus termination purpose absolve complete conclude consummate discontinue do end finalize finish fullcome get through round off stay stop terminate wind up

Antonyms

beginning start begin commence execute inaugurate launch continue maintain proceed restart Home

Related words

final

Derived words

3′ end 5′ end abend all ends up all good things come to an end all good things must come to an end anend arse end Arse-end Charlie arse end of nowhere at a loose end at loose ends at one's fingers' ends at the end of one's tether at the end of the day at the receiving end backend back-end back end Bar End baulk end beam-ends begin at the wrong end beginning of the end bell-end bell end best end big end of town blank end bookend bottom-end bring an end to bring to an end burn one's candle at both ends burnt ends burn the candle at both ends business end butt end by-end candle-end Church End cigarette end closed-end fund cod end coend come to an end come to a sticky end compromise to a permanent end dead end deadend dead-end deep end dog-end double-end draw to an end end artery endband endblown endboard end board
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