ending

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The last part of a story, film, or event

   The book has a happy ending.

2. 2
   noun

   The point or act of something coming to a close

   The president's death marked the ending of an era.

3. 3
   noun

   The letters added to the end of a word to change its form

   Spanish verbs have different endings depending on the tense.

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end + -ing.

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