end
/ɛnd/ noun A1- The terminal point of something in space or time. · At the end of the garden there was a beautiful fountain.· At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
- Share of joint responsibility. · Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
- The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. · Is there no end to this madness?
- Death. · He met a terrible end in the jungle.· I hope the end comes quickly.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. · Hold the string at both ends.· My father always sat at the end of the table nearest the kitchen.
- Result.
- A purpose, goal, or aim. · For what end should I toil?· The end of our club is to advance conversation and friendship.
- One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. · The Pavillion End
Plural ends
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The sides were so steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end.
One end of a string was tied around the neck of each mouse and the other end to the truck.
The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me.
So desiring two ends, he obtained neither.
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