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Definition: Unending |
UnendingAdjective1. Continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unending" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
Synonyms: UnendingSynonyms: ageless (adj), eternal (adj), everlasting (adj), perpetual (adj), unceasing (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Perpetuity | Adjective: perpetual, eternal; everduring, everlasting, ever-living, ever-flowing; continual, sempiternal; coeternal; endless, unending; ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent, unceasing; endless, unending, interminable, having no end; unfading, evergreen, amaranthine; neverending, never-dying, never-fading; deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unending |
| English words defined with "unending": ageless ♦ Endless screw, Epicurean, eternal, everlasting ♦ hedonic, hedonistic ♦ Interminated ♦ perpetual ♦ Termless ♦ Un-, unceasing, Unendly. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "unending": Interminated. (references) |
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Screenplays | Your unending bull. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang) | |
Lyrics | Unending passion (Sent From up Above; performing artist: Mariah Carey) | |
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Ovid | Skill makes love unending. |
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Economic History | Nigeria | Companies sited in various states and within local government jurisdictions may be expected to pay an unending list of taxes and levies that often may take the form of bribes. (references) |
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| "Unending" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unending" is used about 85 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 85 | 35,870 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unending": it seems unending. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unending | 18 |
addventure unending | 5 |
jim unending | 5 |
addventure unending welcome | 5 |
episode unending | 3 |
could i sing song unending | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unending"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pambarim (endless), i pafund (abysmal, bottomless, boundless, dateless, endless, immeasurable, immense, inexhaustible, infinite, interminable, lengthy, limitless, never ending, numberless, spaceless, unlimited, vast, vasty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستمر (abiding, constant, continual, enduring, everlasting, incessant, permanent, persistent, standing), لا نهاية له (no end of), سرمدي (eternal, immortal, indissoluble, perennial, sempiternal, timeless, undying), أبدي (endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, indestructible, perpetual, timeless, undying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нескончаем (undeterminable), непрестанен (ceaseless, constant, continual, growing, hourly, incessant, steady, unremitting), безкраен (dateless, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, infinite, measureless, never ending, perpetual, spaceless, termless, timeless, unbounded, unmeasured). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 止境. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nekoneèný (endless, infinite, interminable, never-ceasing, without end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | بی پایان (Abyss, Eternal, Eternity, Incessant, Inconclusive, Unbound, Unfinished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sans fin, interminable, continuel (unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | endlos (ceaseless, endless, endlessly, everlasting, indefinitely, infinitely, interminable, interminably, never ending, perpetual, unendingly, unfailing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ατέλειωτοσ (endless, never ending, unaccomplished, undone, unfinished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתמשך (continual), צחי (deathless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, perpetual, timeless, undying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | végtelen (boundless, endless, evanescent, exposed, huge, infinite, limitless, omnipotent, shoreless, timeless), szűnni nem a. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | senza fine (endless), incessante (ceaseless, continuous, continuously, everlasting, incessant, nonstop, restless, unabating, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, unresting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheer- (amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, constantly, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, ever, interminable, lastingly, never ceasing, perennial, permanent, permanently, perpetual, perpetually, persistent, persistently, prefix continuous, timeless, undying), neuyerrinagh (infinite), gyn jerrey (ad infinitum, endless, interminable), dy bragh farraghtyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endingunay sem fim (borderless, dateless, measureless, never ending, perpetual, spaceless, termless, timeless), interminável (endless, interminable, never-fading), ininterrupto (constant, continued, direct, incessant, lasting, straight, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), eterno (ageless, eternal, everlasting, peregrinate, perpetual, sempiternal, timeless, undying). (various references) nesfârşit (endless, infinite, interminable, livelong, never ending, spaceless, timeless), neîncetat (ceaseless, ceaselessly, continual, continually, continuous, endless, incessant, invariably, never ending, never-ceasing, relentless, restlessly, sabbathless, unbroken, unceasing, unremitting), etern (endless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, immortally, sempiternal). (various references) бесконечный (borderless, dateless, endless, everlasting, fineless, infinite, interminable, spaceless). (various references) večan (eternal, everlasting, imperishable, undying), beskrajan (endless, infinitive, interminable). (various references) interminable (endless, interminable, never ending). (various references) evig (age long, eternal, everlasting, for ever, never-ceasing, perdurable, perpetual, undying), ändlös (endless, everlasting, infinite, interminable, never ending, never-ending). (various references) sonsuz (abiding, abysmal, boundless, dateless, endless, eternal, illimitable, immeasurable, immortal, indefinite, infinite, interminable, limitless, never ending, no end, no end of, sempiternal, timeless, undying, without end), bitmez tükenmez (abiding, endless, inexhaustible, interminable, long standing, never ending, never failing, unfailing, unflagging, without end), bitmeyen (implacable). (various references) вічний (ageless, dateless, eternal, everlasting, perdurable, perpetual, sempiternal, timeless), нескінченний (dateless, endless, eternal, everlasting, infinite, interminable, never ending, never-ceasing, undying). (various references) vô tận bất diệt, thường xuyên (eternally, frequent, habitual), không hết, không dứt (ceaseless, constant, continuous, incessant, truceless, unceasing). (various references) anorffen (endless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inmensa, inmensae, inmensas, inmensis, inmensos, inmensum, inmensus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ajyamnem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 15 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier conparantur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Rooues thury droppende in the dai of cold, and a womman ful of strif ben comparisound togidere. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang kanunay nga pagtulo sa adlaw sa ting-ulan Ug ang usa ka makig-awayon nga babaye managsama: |
| Croatian | Streha što prokišnjava za žestoke kiše i svadljiva žena - jedno su te isto. |
| Danish | Ustandseligt Tagdryp en Regnvejrsdag og trættekær Kvinde ligner hinanden; |
| Dutch | Een gedurige druiping ten dage des slagregens en een kijfachtige huisvrouw zijn even gelijk. |
| Finnish | Räystäästä tippuva vesi sadepäivänä ja toraisa vaimo ovat yhdenveroiset. |
| French | Une gouttière continue dans un jour de pluie Et une femme querelleuse sont choses semblables. |
| German | Ein zänkisches Weib und stetiges Triefen, wenn's sehr regnet, werden wohl miteinander verglichen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Yon fanm ki toujou ap chache kont, se tankou yon goutyè k'ap degoute lè lapli ap tonbe tout lajounen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Istri yang suka pertengkaran seperti bunyi hujan yang turun seharian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bocor yang bertitik-titik selalu pada masa hujan deras, ia itu sama dengan seorang bini yang bantahan. |
| Italian | Il gocciolar continuo in tempo di pioggia e una moglie litigiosa, si rassomigliano: |
| Maori | ¶ He maturuturu e puputu tonu ana i te ra nui te ua, he wahine ngangare, rite tonu raua: |
| Norwegian | Et stadig takdrypp på en regndag og en trettekjær kvinne ligner hverandre. |
| Portuguese | A goteira contínua num dia chuvoso e a mulher rixosa são semelhantes; |
| Rumanian | O strawinq, care picurq necurmat kntr`o zi de ploaie, wi o nevastq gklcevitoare sknt tot una. |
| Russian | оЕ ТЕУФБООБС ЛБ ЕМШ Ч "ПЦ"МЙЧЩК "ЕОШ Й УЧБТМЙЧБС ЦЕОБ--ТБЧОЩ: |
| Spanish | Gotera continua en un día de lluvia y mujer rencillosa son semejantes; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unending": unendingly. (additional references) | |
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"Unending" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nuancing, Nureddin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unending" (pronounced une"nding) |
| 5 | -e" n d i ng | amending, apprehending, ascending, attending, bending, blending, commending, comprehending, condescending, contending, defending, depending, descending, ending, expending, extending, fending, impending, intending, lending, mending, misspending, offending, overextending, pending, portending, pretending, recommending, relending, rending, sending, spending, suspending, tending, transcending, trending, unbending, vending, wending. |
| 4 | -n d i ng | abounding, astounding, banding, binding, blinding, bonding, bounding, branding, commanding, compounding, confounding, corresponding, defunding, demanding, disbanding, expanding, expounding, finding, founding, freestanding, funding, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, handing, hounding, landing, longstanding, masterminding, minding, misunderstanding, nonbinding, notwithstanding, outspending, outstanding, overfunding, overspending, pounding, rebounding, refunding, reminding, rescinding, resounding, responding, rounding, sanding, sounding, spellbinding, standing, stranding, surrounding, underfunding, understanding, unwinding, upstanding, winding, withstanding, wounding. |
| 3 | -d i ng | abiding, acceding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, applauding, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bidding, biding, bleeding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, braiding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, building, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, conceding, concluding, confiding, cording, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defrauding, degrading, deluding, denuding, deriding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, exploding, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, feuding, Fielding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, guarding, guiding, handholding, heading, heeding, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, impeding, imploding, inbreeding, including, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landholding, lauding, leading, loading, madding, marauding, masquerading, Melding, misleading, misreading, molding, moulding, needing, nodding, nonbuilding, outbidding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overloading, overriding, padding, parading, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, preceding, precluding, presiding, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebuilding, receding, recording, Redding, Reding, regarding, rereading, residing, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, safeguarding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, seceding, seeding, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, spearheading, speeding, spreading, stampeding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, threading, tiding, trading, treading, unfolding, unloading, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, welding, wielding, Wilding, withholding, Wooding, wording, yielding. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-n-n-n-u" | |
-1 letter: denning, dunning, enduing. | |
-2 letters: ending, ginned, gunned, gunnen, undine. | |
-3 letters: deign, dinge, ennui, guide, indue, inned, nudge, nudie. | |
-4 letters: deni, dine, ding, dune, dung, genu, gied, gien, gude, guid, nide, nine, nude, unde. | |
-5 letters: den, die, dig, din, due, dug, dui, dun, end, eng, ged, gen, gid, gie, gin, gnu, gun, inn, nun. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-n-n-n-u" | |
+1 letter: unbending. | |
+2 letters: denouncing, dungeoning, unendingly. | |
+3 letters: ensanguined, indenturing, innuendoing, nonreducing, unburdening, undemanding, underlining, undermining, undesigning, unendearing. | |
+4 letters: enduringness, underfunding, underpinning, underrunning, unpretending. | |
+5 letters: nonindigenous, undercounting, underpainting, underpinnings, understanding, unenlightened. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 65 6E 64 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. . -. -.. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100101 01101110 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n e n d i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0065 006E 0064 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580718070758073 |
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