End

Definition: End

End

Noun

1. Either extremity of something that has length: "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line".

2. The point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period".

3. The concluding parts of an event or occurrence: "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie".

4. The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means".

5. A final part or section: "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end".

6. A final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end".

7. The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object: "one end of the box was marked `This side up'".

8. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass".

9. One of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end" or "both ends wrote at the same time".

10. : a boundary marking the extremities of something: "the end of town".

11. : the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end".

12. : the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say...".

13. : a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.

14. : a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end".

Verb

1. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo".

2. Bring to an end; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime".

3. Be the end of; be the last of concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie".

4. Put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived".

5. Bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "end" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

Bible

Electrical Engineering

Mining

Sports & Leisure

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: End

Cessation

Dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end; death.

Effect

Noun: effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.

Intention

Final cause; raison d'etre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift; (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye,

Summit

Tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib; end; crown, brow; head, nob, noddle, pate; capsheaf.

Crosswords: End

Albanian (weave), Danish (than), Hawaiian (weave).

I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell how it's going to begin (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

-- or she'll end up on the street (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

Why can't things just go back to normal at the end of the half hour, like on the Brady Bunch (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

And in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dusty street (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

Going down the stoney end (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

This is the end of the innocence (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley)

It's a love without end, amen (Love Without End Amen; performing artist: George Strait)

In a restaurant in a West End town (WEST END GIRLS; performing artist: Pet Shop Boys)

And always will until the end ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"; performing artist: Nirvana)

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Better an end with pain, than pain with no end. (references; author: unknown)

When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there. (references; author: unknown)

Having your lawyer pay for lunch will be very expensive in the end. (references; author: unknown)

If you ever need a helping hand, there is one at the end of your arm. (references; author: unknown)

Happy End (2002)

Hobbs End (2002)

End of August (1974)

Happy End (1973)

The Beginning of the End of the World (1971)

The End (performing artist: The Doors)

Love Without End Amen (performing artist: George Strait)

Party at the End of the Universe (performing artist: Honey Would You Be Meshuga Tonite?)

In The End (performing artist: Linkin Park)

West End Girls (performing artist: Pet Shop Boys)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Bourne End Properties Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Lands' End, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Preston North End Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The Belgariad: Castle of Wizardry/Enchanters' End Game (reference)

• Invading the Privacy of God: Rush into God's Presence, Revitalize Your Prayer Life, Put an End to Devotional Boredom (reference)

• From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus (reference)

• The Diet Cure: The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Problems, and Mood Swings-Now (reference)

• End of e-peopleserve Joint Venture: Accenture Acquires BT Stake [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Aviation Tradescan Year End Cumulation (reference)

• Central West End Journal (reference)

• End Of The Line (reference)

• End Times And Victorious Living (reference)

• End Use Market Forecast Service (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Howards End (reference)

• Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Beginning of the End (reference)

• Neon Genesis Evangelion - The End of Evangelion (reference)

• Power Rangers Time Force - The End of Time (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The End (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 3Dlabs Oxygen Gvx210 AGP 64MB Sgram Glint R3 High End 256Bit Retail (reference)

• Adtran Dual 2Fxo Foreign Exchange Office End Module For Tsu Or Tdu (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Catskill Craftsmen Reversible Wood End Grain Block with Groove (reference)

• Great Neck Saw MM66K Open End Metric Wrench Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo shows interior hallway of NCI new building in 1939. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele stands at end of hallway door. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

(11) color slides show different types of bread. (4) two pieces of toasted white bread with a pat of melted butter, (1) two pieces of toasted white bread, (2) single slice of bread spread completely with butter, (1) french bread loaf with two pieces sliced off the end, (1) loaf of garlic bread, (2) single slice of garlic bread. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Locks at Pacific end of Panama Canal. View from ship of opening gates. Ship is moved forward and stopped by cables attached to small electric locomotives on tracks. Credit: CDC.

Brugia malayi, agent of filariasis. Anterior end. Parasite. Credit: CDC.

This oddly shaped object is an aging, Sun-like star near the end of its life. The Hubble ... Credit: NASA.

The end of a Sun-like star's life was once thought to be simple: the star gracefully casts off ... Credit: NASA.

Carrying lumber up rift in cliffs at east end of Amlia Island Note boat at beach - shore party shows as barely visible specks at top of photo Party off of PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at the east end of Amlia Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Aerial view of Carambola Beach Resort - west end of St. Croix. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The RONALD H. BROWN approaching the pier at NOAA's Pacific Marine Center at the end of its around the world cruise from October 1998 to October 1999. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And all this to be directed to no other end, but the peace, safety, and public good of the people. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 3: The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session. (reference)

The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. (reference)

The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. (reference)

At the end of fifteen years from the coming into force of the present Treaty the inhabitants of the said territory shall be called upon to indicate the sovereignty under which they desire to be placed. (reference)

Anyone can see with his eyes open that our path will be difficult and also long, but if we persevere together as we did in the two world wars - though not, alas, in the interval between them - I cannot doubt that we shall achieve our common purpose in the end. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom-- symbolizing an end as well as a beginning--signifying renewal as well as change. (reference)

Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1925)

For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

South End is an unhealthy place

Sylvie and Bruno waited patiently till the end of the first verse

Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end.

At one end of the room, in a recess, were a number of barrels, piled one upon another, containing bundles of official documents

The poor cannot go to the end of their chamber or to the end of their destiny, but by bending continually more and more

Yet eternity had no end.

New messages: END IT ALL was one of them

My lord, He wonders to what end you have assembled Such troops of citizens to come to him.

Two of the supports of the porch roof were pushed out so that the roof flopped down on one end.

When this adventure was at an end, I came back out of my house, having occasion for fresh air.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It often is the end stage of cardiac disease. (references)

Treatment is necessary to end this compulsive behavior. (references)

No medication is available to end or prevent infection. (references)

Business

This investigation continued at year's end. (references)

They are directly in contact with the end users. (references)

Premium beer is at the top end of the hopocracy. (references)

Children

Maldives

This law was being implemented at year's end. (references)

Thailand

There had been no prosecutions under the law by year's end. (references)

Afghanistan

The AIA authorities had lifted these restrictions by year's end. (references)

Civil Liberties

Turkey

His trial continued at year's end. (references)

Malaysia

His case was pending at year's end. (references)

Burundi

No person was arrested by year's end. (references)

Discrimination

Brazil

The others had not yet been tried at year's end. (references)

Romania

The two houses had not reconciled their versions by year's end. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

Inflation (2001 year end): 15%. (references)

Human Rights

Somalia

She was released by year's end. (references)

United Kingdom

Work had not resumed by year's end. (references)

Chile

All were free on bail at year's end. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

A verdict on the case had not been announced by year's end. (references)

Colombia

ONIC maintained its suspension of dialog with the Government at year's end. (references)

Ecuador

With few exceptions, indigenous people are at the lowest end of the socioeconomic scale. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Her case was pending at year's end. (references)

United Kingdom

The inquiry continued at year's end. (references)

Russia

The law remained in effect at year's end. (references)

Political Economy

Japan

Many cases end up in court. (references)

East Timor

The trial continued at year's end. (references)

SOUTH AFRICA

At end 2000 the NOFP stood at $9.5 billion. (references)

Political Rights

Latvia

The case had not been heard by year's end. (references)

United Arab Emirates

No observers had been named by year's end. (references)

Turkey

The deputies remained in prison at year's end. (references)

Trade

Venezuela

This prerequisite was eliminated at the end of 2000. (references)

Philippines

The Philippines also requested flexibility on end dates. (references)

Nepal

Nepal is expecting admission to the WTO by the end of 2002. (references)

Travel

Egypt

It may take a year or more, but in the end, it is usually profitable. (references)

Philippines

No matter what the final result, the discussions should always end cheerfully. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

The vehicle or goods must then be exported at the end of the stipulated period. (references)

Women

Tanzania

No updated statistics were available at year's end. (references)

Palau

A case against a Philippine citizen was pending at year's end. (references)

Kuwait

The Kuwaiti woman was being held in prison without bail at year's end. (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

Her trial was ongoing at year's end. (references)

Gabon

No one was prosecuted by year's end. (references)

Slovak Republic

This case was pending at year's end. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

An end

End

An end

The end

End

Expressions using "end": (Lexicon Entries End Here) ♦ abnormal end ♦ achieve an end ♦ adjustable end wrench ♦ An end ♦ and there's an end of it! ♦ approach end of runway ♦ approach the end ♦ Arm's end ♦ at a loose end ♦ at an end ♦ at one's wits end ♦ at one's wit's end ♦ at the end ♦ at the end of one's tether ♦ at the end of the day ♦ at the end of the month ♦ at the far end ♦ at the far end of the street ♦ at the further end ♦ back end ♦ back End Generator ♦ back End Generator Language ♦ ball end mill ♦ be at a loose end ♦ be at an end ♦ be at one's wits end ♦ be at one's wit's end ♦ be at one's wits' end ♦ be at the end of one's patience ♦ be at the end of one's resources ♦ be at the end of one's rope ♦ be at the end of one's tether ♦ be drawing to an end ♦ be nearing it's end ♦ be no end disappointed ♦ begin at the wrong end ♦ beginning of the end ♦ big end ♦ bitter end ♦ book end ♦ box end wrench ♦ brace end ♦ bring smth. to an end ♦ bring to an end ♦ business end ♦ But end ♦ butt end ♦ cable end connection ♦ carry through to the end ♦ Chump end ♦ cigarette end ♦ closed end ♦ cohesive end ♦ come to a bad end ♦ come to a inglorious end ♦ come to a sticky end ♦ come to an end ♦ come to an untimely end ♦ dead end ♦ dead end kid ♦ deformable end section ♦ departure end ♦ dog end ♦ double end ♦ draw to an end ♦ dry end ♦ east end ♦ either end hop off ♦ end arch ♦ end block ♦ End bulb ♦ end bulkhead ♦ end cloth ♦ end corpuscles ♦ end door ♦ end effector ♦ end effects ♦ end face ♦ End fly ♦ End for end ♦ end game ♦ end impedance ♦ end in ♦ end in a draw ♦ end in smoke ♦ end it all ♦ end item ♦ end justifies the means ♦ end leaf ♦ end loan ♦ end losses ♦ End man ♦ end matter ♦ end of a fiscal year ♦ end of all things ♦ end of broadcasts ♦ end of data marker ♦ end of days ♦ end of dialing ♦ end of dialling. Additional references.

Beginning with "end": end-aligned, End-all, End-april, End-area, End-august, end-based, end-bay, end-blocks, end-boards, End-born, end-butting, end-cannot, end-cap, end-caps, end-consumer, End-cretaceous, end-customer, End-december, end-diastolic, end-discharge, end-effector, end-effectors, end-effects, end-expiratory, end-facing, End-february, end-feed, end-filing, end-filling, end-fired, end-flap, end-focus, end-folding, end-gaining, end-game, end-gap, end-gaps, end-grain, end-group, end-held, end-in-itself, end-items, End-january, End-john, end-joining, End-july, End-june, end-knotted, end-labeled, end-labelled, end-labelling, end-loads, end-man, End-march, End-may, end-members, end-music, end-note, End-november, End-october, end-of, end-of-agreement, end-of-camp, end-of-century, end-of-class, end-of-classifications, end-of-coding-details, end-of-conference, end-of-contest, end-of-course, end-of-day, end-of-description-lines, end-of-errors, End-of-february, end-of-file, end-of-flight, end-of-foreign-set, end-ofgame, End-of-grant, end-of-ice-age, End-of-june, end-of-level, end-of-life, end-of-line, end-of-meeting, end-of-modification-records, end-of-module-relations, end-of-month, end-of-period, end-of-phase, end-of-pipe, end-of-pulsing, end-of-race, end-of-range, end-of-references, end-of-row, end-of-run, end-of-scene, end-of-school, end-of-season, end-of-season-game, end-of-session, end-of-shift, end-of-shoot, end-of-show, end-of-stage, end-of-summer, end-of-teenage, end-of-term, end-of-terrace, end-of-test-status, end-of-tether, end-of-the, end-of-the-century, end-of-the-day, end-of-the-night, end-of-the-pier, end-of-the-road, end-of-the-trail, end-of-the-world, end-of-the-worldish, end-of-the-year, end-of-time, end-of-tour, end-of-types-and-names, end-of-war, end-of-word, end-of-year, end-on, End-ordovician, end-organ, end-over-end, end-palaeozoic, end-paper, end-papers, end-pattern, end-piece, end-pieces, end-piled, end-plate, end-plate effect, end-plates, end-play, end-point, end-points, end-port, end-post, end-probes, end-product, end-products, end-quarter, end-repaired, end-result, end-results, end-rhymed, end-selling, End-september, end-stage, end-stage renal, end-state, end-station, end-stopped, end-stops, end-struggle, end-systems, End-Systole, end-tag, end-terrace, end-terraced, end-the, end-time, end-title, end-to-end, end-to-side, end-trimming, end-use, end-user, end-users, end-uses, end-view, end-wall, end-walls, end-weight, end-window, end-wise, end-year.

Ending with "end": bottom-end, dead-end, East-end, gable-end, higher-end, loose-end, lower-end, means-end, nerve-end, p-end, sharp-end, tail-end, top-end, West-end, year-end.

Containing "end": be-all-and-end-all, P-end-labelled.