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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Usage notes 1.1.2.2 Synonyms 1.1.2.3 Derived terms 1.1.2.4 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 2 Albanian 2.1 Verb 3 Danish 3.1 Conjunction 3.2 Verb

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English ende, from Proto-Germanic *andjoz, from Proto-Indo-European *antjos. Cognate with Dutch einde, German Ende, Swedish ände.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕnd, IPA: /ɛnd/, SAMPA: /End/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɛnd

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end (plural ends)

1. Extreme part.
2. Final point.
   • 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.

3. Extreme line.
4. Death.
5. Result.
6. A purpose, goal, or aim.

   Certainly he could do so, but to what end?

   For some people, knowledge is a means to an end; for others, it is an end in itself.

7. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
   • The Pavillion End
8. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
9. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws 8 rocks, 2 per player, in alternating fashion.

[edit] Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "end": final, ultimate, deep, happy, etc.

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• See also Wikisaurus:goal

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English endian

[edit] Verb

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

1. (intransitive): To finish, terminate.

   Is this movie ever going to end?

2. (transitive): To finish, terminate (something or someone).

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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• ending
• end up
• never-ending
• unending

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[edit] Albanian

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end

1. to weave

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end

1. than (in comparisons):

   Han er venligere end hun. (He is friendlier than she.)

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end

1. Imperative of ende.