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end [n1] extreme, limit borderline, bound, boundary, butt end, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, neb, nib, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, tail end, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, ultimate; concept 745 —Ant. beginning, cause, foundation, origin end [n2] completion, stop accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line*, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word*, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off*, target, termination, terminus, upshot*, windup, wrap-up*; concepts 119,230,832 —Ant. beginning, commencement, opening, start  end [n3] intention, aim aspiration, design, drift, goal, intent, mark, object, objective, point, purpose, reason, where one’s heading*; concept 659 —Ant. means end [n4] leftover part bit, butt end, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end; concept 835 end [n5] death, destruction annihilation, demise, dissolution, doom, expiration, extermination, extinction, finish, passing, ruin, ruination; concept 304 —Ant. birth, construction, creation end [v1] bring to an end abolish, abort, accomplish, achieve, break off, break up, call it a day*, call off*, cease, close, close out, complete, conclude, consummate, crown, culminate, cut short, delay, determine, discontinue, dispose of, dissolve, drop, expire, finish, get done, give up, halt, interrupt, pack it in*, perorate, postpone, pull the plug*, put the lid on*, quit, relinquish, resolve, settle, sew up*, shut down*, stop, switch off*, terminate, top off*, ultimate, wind up*, wrap, wrap up*; concept 234 —Ant. begin, commence, create, start end [v2] die or kill abolish, annihilate, cease, depart, desist, destroy, die, expire, exterminate, extinguish, lapse, put to death, ruin, run out, wane; concepts 252,304 —Ant. bear, create, give birth

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  • End — ([e^]nd), 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. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • End on — End End ([e^]nd), 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. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • End — 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. [1913 Webster] On the seventh day God ended his work. Gen. ii …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • End — als Abkürzung steht für: Straßenbahn Esslingen–Nellingen–Denkendorf die END Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH European Nuclear Disarmament, eine europäische Friedensbewegung aus Großbritannien Expert National Détachché; frz. für Abgeordnete Nationale… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • end up — {v.} 1. To come to an end; be ended or finished; stop. * /How does the story end up?/ 2. To finally reach or arrive; land. * /I hope you don t end up in jail./ 3. {informal} To die, be killed. * /The gangster ended up in the electric chair./ 4.… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • end up — {v.} 1. To come to an end; be ended or finished; stop. * /How does the story end up?/ 2. To finally reach or arrive; land. * /I hope you don t end up in jail./ 3. {informal} To die, be killed. * /The gangster ended up in the electric chair./ 4.… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • END — als Abkürzung steht für: die ehemalige Straßenbahn Esslingen–Nellingen–Denkendorf das Omnibusunternehmen END Verkehrsgesellschaft Equipes Notre Dame, geistliche Gemeinschaft in der katholischen Kirche European Nuclear Disarmament, eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • End — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • END — (in capital letters) may mean: * Endoglin (a membrane glycoprotein) * The Directive on Environmental Noise (2002/49/EC) [http://ec.europa.eu/environment/noise/directive.htm] * Exotic Newcastle disease …   Wikipedia

  • end — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE S WITS END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR STAND ON END, HOLD ONE S END UP or HOLD UP ONE S END or KEEP ONE S END UP or KEEP UP ONE S END, LIVING END, LOOSE ENDS, MAKE AN END OF, MAKE ENDS MEET …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • end — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE S WITS END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR STAND ON END, HOLD ONE S END UP or HOLD UP ONE S END or KEEP ONE S END UP or KEEP UP ONE S END, LIVING END, LOOSE ENDS, MAKE AN END OF, MAKE ENDS MEET …   Dictionary of American idioms

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