ending

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈɛndɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #3087

Meanings

1

noun
The last part of a story, film, or event

The book has a happy ending.
2

noun
The point or act of something coming to a close

The president's death marked the ending of an era.
3

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

Spanish verbs have different endings depending on the tense.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the last part of a story,... end finale conclusion

2 noun · the point or act of... conclusion

3 noun · the letters added to the... termination suffix

Word family

Forms endings

Derived forms double-endingendinglessnever-endingworld-ending

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Phrases (2)

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Proverbs (1)

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Every story ends
Matching variant: Every story has an ending

Etymology

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.

ending Middle English endiende Old English *andijōndz Proto-Germanic *andijōną Proto-Germanic

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# ending

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛndɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 3087

## Meanings
1. The last part of a story, film, or event
2. The point or act of something coming to a close
3. The letters added to the end of a word to change its form

## Examples
- The book has a happy ending.
- The president's death marked the ending of an era.
- Spanish verbs have different endings depending on the tense.

## Synonyms
- suffix
- termination

## Derived Forms
- double-ending
- endingless
- never-ending
- world-ending

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ending
- Root: endiende
- Root: *andijōndz
- Root: *andijōną

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Ending comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “The last part of a story, film, or event” and “The point or act of something coming to a close”.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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