tail
- noun
- /teɪl/
- An older man, coming out, caught the tail end of the beggar's harangue.
- the tail end
- long tail
- twist in the tail
Read an article called The Tail End by Tim Urban.
- Read an article called The Tail End by Tim Urban.
- But as of today, we're on the tail of this pandemic.
- Facebook ads are so good you can create long tail clusters.
- You know, I'd really like to know what the tail of this distribution looks like.
- Yeah, we're talking tail end, you know, right before the OD.
- So maybe it's a tail like a far right tail outcome.
Examples
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Could it have been the tail end of a strange car? I thought so.
Fiction book (1995) -
But as of today, we're on the tail of this pandemic.
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We've been in its tail for almost twelve hours.
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The United States is about to enter a fiscal trap, chasing its tail just to pay off its creditors.
Academic text (2010) -
The team celebrated as they reached the tail end of their project, completing it ahead of schedule.
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At the tail end of summer, many families take vacations before school starts.
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The presentation was engaging, especially during the tail end when the speaker shared personal anecdotes.
Synonyms
The final part of something, like an event or story
The final part of something, like an event, story, or relationship
The last, most exciting part of a show or event
The point when something stops or finishes
The final part of an event or activity
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 place or moment when something finishes
The last part of a period of time, for example a school year or concert
The last small part of something often thought less important
A small piece left at the very end of cloth or ribbon
The last date when something must happen
Idioms
Compounds
- UK
A tall marsh plant with a brown sausage-shaped seed head and long flat leaves used for making mats and seats
- Specialized
A small spinning blade at the tail of a helicopter that keeps it from spinning
- Specialized
A market where many rare items, each sold in small numbers, together make a large part of sales
- Specialized
A vertical surface at the plane's tail that helps keep it steady in flight
A small brown and white moth whose caterpillars eat the leaves of fruit and shade trees
- Specialized
A large animal with sharp spines and a brush of stiff hairs at the end of its tail
- Specialized
A group of herbs that have a strong smell and live for many years
- Specialized
A flat surface at the tail of a plane that keeps the nose level and controls up-and-down movement
- Specialized
A thin metal tool with a round taper used to smooth small round holes and curves
- UK
A small brown tree shrew from Malaysia with a bare tail fringed by stiff hairs at the tip
- Specialized
A tail design for an aircraft with four moving parts in an X shape that help control its direction
How Final
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tail also means the last part of something because a tail is the 'end' or back of an animal. So the tail of a meeting, storm, or holiday is its final part.