end

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The final part of an event, period, or activity

   The end of the film was really exciting.

2. 2
   noun

   The point or part of something that is furthest from the middle

   He waited for her at the end of the pier.

3. 3
   noun

   A boundary that marks where something stops

   The shop is at the end of the town.

4. 4
   noun

   A goal or result that you are trying to achieve

   People say the ends justify the means.

Common collocations

• end the day Verb + noun
• happy ending Adjective + noun
• dead end Adjective + noun
• far end Adjective + noun
• come to an end Verb + noun
• end a marriage Verb + noun
• end a relationship Verb + noun
• mark the end Verb + noun
• bring to an end Verb + noun

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”). Cognates Cognate with Yola een, eene (“end”), Saterland Frisian Eend, Eende (“end”), West Frisian ein (“end”), Alemannic German End, Endi (“end”), Central Franconian Eng, Enk (“end”), Cimbrian énte (“end”), Dutch eind, einde, end (“end”), German Ende (“end”), Luxembourgish Enn (“end”), Vilamovian end, ent (“end”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nyn…

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