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1. extremity of object: the tip or extremity of a long narrow object
  I'm surprised he knows which end of the mike to hold.
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2. extremity or limit: the limit, extent, or boundary of something
They walked the valley from end to end.
at both ends of the political spectrum
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3. final part: the final part or finishing point of a period of time, of an event, or of a book, movie, or other work
His address is at the end of the article.
the end of the lesson
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4. termination: the act or result of stopping something
a scandal that brought his career to an abrupt end
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5. goal: a goal, object, or purpose
for purely political ends
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6. part of communications link: either of the places connected by a communications link
Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.
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7. death: the experience of death
met an untimely end
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8. leftover piece: a piece or part of something that is left over
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9. share of joint responsibility: a part or portion of shared responsibility
Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
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10. sports area on playing field: the area at each end of a playing field
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11. football player positioned at end of line: in football, a player positioned at each end of the offensive or defensive line
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12. section of play: in curling and lawn bowling, a phase of play in a particular direction across the rink, green, or other playing area
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verb (past and past participle end·ed, present participle end·ing, 3rd person present singular ends) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb stop: to reach, or bring something to, a close or a final point
She abruptly ended the meeting.
The meeting ended without an agreement being made.
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2. intransitive verb stop at a place: to reach a particular place and stop there
The road ends at a little village called Moneta.
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an end in itself something that is worth having or doing although it may not lead to anything
A friendship should be satisfying; it is an end in itself and not a means to an end.
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at loose ends having no purpose or occupation
With all her work done she found herself at loose ends.
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come to or meet a sticky or bad end to have an unpleasant or unfortunate outcome, especially a violent death (informal)
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end for end U.S. reversed or inverted
They turned the boxes end for end.
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end it all to commit suicide
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end on
1. in such a way that an object's end piece or section is flush with a flat surface
Set the desk end on to the wall.
2. U.S. with the end facing or next to something
The plane crash-landed on the runway, its tail section end on to the tarmac.
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end to end in a row with the ends adjacent
The beds of flowers were arranged end to end.
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in the end when something has come to an end
In the end, I had to admit he was right.
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make ends meet to be able to afford to pay for the expenses of daily living
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no end very much indeed
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no end of something a great deal of something
The old photocopier gave us no end of trouble.
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on end
1. for an uninterrupted period
The rain continued for weeks on end.
2. in a vertical position
We left the table standing on end against the wall.
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the end of the line or road the point beyond which somebody or something can no longer continue or survive
The coming of the supermarkets was the end of the line for many small independent grocers.
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the...to end all... something that is so impressive or important that nothing else of the same kind will ever rival it
the war to end all wars
the movie to end all movies
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to no end without success, or without achieving useful results (formal)
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to the very end for as long as is possible, however unpleasant the situation becomes
The company's policy was to fight to the very end all consequent damage suits.
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until the end of time forever
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