end
- noun
- /ɛnd/
- Look who we found at the end of the night.
- other end
- one end
- front end
Did you hear that rattle at the end up the tunnel?
- Did you hear that rattle at the end up the tunnel?
- And seated on the end is Brian Pollard.
- We're just going to cut off these dead ends, chomp.
- And then on the very end there's little cream bows.
- It avoids the blunt ends of our fingers as we point.
- Notice more emphasis on the low end here on the HTC.
- It's, it's really those opposite ends, frenemies to me.
- I want to take you down to the end of the road.
- Let's do some dead ends and then some lock offs.
Examples
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The rope was frayed at one end from years of use.
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It was right at the end of this corridor, right?
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I saw this building at the end of the road.
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You know, this is at the end, right?
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I found myself on the other end of that race.
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You know that door at the end of the main hall.
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I got to get these to City Hall before the end of my shift.
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Two people are gonna ride to the end of the line, all right.
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There is a police car at the end of the driveway.
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Did you hear that rattle at the end up the tunnel?
Synonyms
The edge or border of an area beyond which you cannot go
The final part of something, like an event, story, or relationship
The pointed end of something like a knife or pencil
The limit of how far or how much something can go
The last part of a period or event
The person or thing at the end of a list
The end of a wire or a point where an electric connection is made
The last part of something, especially a period or event
A place or time when something ends
The end point of something like a road or tunnel
The farthest edge of an area or place
The thicker end of something, often the handle of a tool
The place or moment when something finishes
A small piece left at the very end of cloth or ribbon
The last date when something must happen
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
You are unable to deal with something because you have no patience or energy
- Informal
To be told again and again about something you did wrong in an angry way
- Informal
Keep doing something until it is completely finished, even when it is very hard
- Informal
Finish badly and leave people sad or disappointed after a hopeful start
- Informal
To have other people keep talking about something embarrassing or annoying
- Informal
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
- Informal
Put suddenly into a difficult situation without preparation or help
- Informal
To end up by chance with an unpleasant task or in a worse position
- Informal
To think about things beyond your own immediate needs
- Informal
A way of looking at a situation that makes small details seem more important than the big picture
Compounds
- Formal
The final event when God judges all people and decides their eternal fate
- Jargon
In American football, a player on offense who lines up next to the tackle and blocks and catches passes
- Informal
The final, most difficult part of something that you keep doing until it ends
- Specialized
The part of a program that runs on a server and stores and processes data
- Specialized
That protects data so only the sender and receiver can read or change it
- Specialized
A small part at the end of a nerve that senses touch or makes a muscle move
- Specialized
A company that sells a set number of shares that trade on the stock market
- Jargon
An attempt to move the ball by running around the end of the line in American football
- Formal
A decision about medical care when a person is near death, whether to continue life-saving treatment or focus on comfort
At the far end of a seaside pier that has simple shows, cafes and small attractions
- Specialized
A company that issues a fixed number of shares which are traded on a stock market
- Archaic
A performer at one end of a line in an old minstrel show who speaks and makes people laugh
- Specialized
Written pages after the main text that give extra information, like an index or a list of sources
- Specialized
A species or group that cannot have young and so ends its family line
- Specialized
A borrowing plan that lets you borrow up to a set limit and use it again as you repay
- Specialized
A company that sells and buys back shares any time at a price based on its assets
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word end grew from the idea of a 'limit' or 'border', so it naturally refers to the physical extremity or edge of an object, like the end of a table or rope.