end
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English ende, from Proto-Germanic *andjoz, from Proto-Indo-European *antjos. Cognate with Dutch einde, German Ende, Swedish ände.
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end (plural ends)
- Extreme part.
- 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.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- Extreme line.
- Death.
- Result.
- 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.
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- The Pavillion End
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws 8 rocks, 2 per player, in alternating fashion.
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- Adjectives often used with "end": final, ultimate, deep, happy, etc.
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- See also Wikisaurus:goal
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Derived terms
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extreme part
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death
curling
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Verb
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to end (third-person singular simple present ends, present participle ending, simple past and past participle ended)
- (intransitive): To finish, terminate.
- Is this movie ever going to end?
- (transitive): To finish, terminate (something or someone).
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
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intransitive: finish, terminate
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transitive: finish, terminate (something)
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end
- to weave
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end
- than (in comparisons):
- Han er venligere end hun. (He is friendlier than she.)
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end
- Imperative of ende.