dead-end

English

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Adjective

dead-end (comparative more dead-end, superlative most dead-end)

1. Going nowhere; blocked.

   a dead-end street

   a dead-end job

Translations

blocked

• Bulgarian: задънен (bg) (zadǎnen)
• Finnish: umpi- (fi)

• French: sans issue

Verb

dead-end (third-person singular simple present dead-ends, present participle dead-ending, simple past and past participle dead-ended)

1. (US) To come to a dead-end

   Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!

Noun

dead-end (plural dead-ends)

1. The end of a road, (or by extension), the end of any event.

   We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.

   Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.

Translations

The end of a road

• Bulgarian: задънена улица (bg) (zadǎnena ulica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死胡同 (cmn) (si hu tong)

• Finnish: umpikuja (fi)

• French: cul-de-sac (fr) m
• Hebrew: מבוי סתום (mavoi satum) m
• Hungarian: zsákutca (hu)
• Portuguese: beco sem saída (pt) m