noun end Come or bring to a final point; finish. 1
singular noun end 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. 0
verb end When a situation, process, or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it reaches its final point and stops. 0
countable noun end 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. 0
verb end 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. 0
verb end If a period of time ends, it reaches its final point. 0
verb end 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. 0
verb end If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result. 0
countable noun end The two ends of something long and narrow are the two points or parts of it that are furthest away from each other. 0
countable noun end 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. 0
verb end If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part. 0
verb end A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further. 0
countable noun end 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. 0
countable noun end 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. 0
countable noun end 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. 0
countable noun end An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working. 0
verb end 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. 0
countable noun end You can refer to someone's death as their end, especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die. 0
verb end 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. 0
noun end the extremity of the length of something, such as a road, line, etc 0
noun end the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object 0
noun end the extreme extent, limit, or degree of something 0
noun end the most distant place or time that can be imagined 0
noun end the time at which something is concluded 0
noun end the last section or part 0
noun end (as modifier) 0
noun end a share or part 0
noun end a remnant or fragment (esp in the phrase odds and ends) 0
noun end a final state, esp death; destruction 0
noun end the purpose of an action or existence 0
noun end either of the two defended areas of a playing field, rink, etc 0
