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end

  • noun
  • ĕnd

The terminal point of something in space or time.

Other meanings

  1. Share of joint responsibility.

    “Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?”

  2. The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

    “Is there no end to this madness?”

Example sentences

  • “This was the beginning of the end.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “In the end, we all learned something.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “The problem was on their end.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "ende".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “end” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.