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end noun
1 end Either extremity of something that has length:— The end of the pier.
synonym: terminal .
Roget 210 :summit ,
summity † ;
top ,
peak ,
vertex ,
apex ,
zenith ,
pinnacle ,
acme ,
culmination ,
meridian ,
utmost height ,
ne plus utra ,
height ,
pitch ,
maximum ,
climax ,
culminating point ,
crowning point ,
turning point ;
turn of the tide ,
fountain head ;
water shed ,
water parting ;
sky ,
pole .
tip ,
tip top ;
crest ,
crow's nest ,
cap ,
truck ,
nib ;
end
etc.
67 crown ,
brow ;
head ,
nob † ,
noddle † ,
pate ;
capsheaf † .
high places ,
heights .
topgallant mast ,
sky scraper ;
quarter deck ,
hurricane deck .
architrave ,
frieze ,
cornice ,
coping stone ,
zoophorus † ,
capital ,
epistyle † ,
sconce ,
pediment ,
entablature † ;
tympanum ;
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223 attic ,
loft ,
garret ,
house top ,
upper story .
[metaphorical use]
summit conference ,
summit ;
peak of achievement ,
peak of performance ;
peaks and troughs ,
peaks and valleys
(in graphs).
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Roget 154 :effect ,
consequence ;
aftergrowth † ,
aftercome † ;
derivative ,
derivation ;
result ;
resultant ,
resultance † ;
upshot ,
issue ,
denouement ;
end
etc.
67 development ,
outgrowth ,
fruit ,
crop ,
harvest ,
product ,
bud .
production ,
produce ,
work ,
handiwork ,
fabric ,
performance ;
creature ,
creation ;
offspring ,
offshoot ;
firstfruits † ,
firstlings ;
heredity ,
telegony † ;
premices premises † .
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Dutch: eind, einde, uiteinde Polish: zakończenie
2 end The point in time at which something ends:— The end of the year.
synonym: ending .
Dutch: beëindigen Polish: koniec, kres
3 end The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence:— The end was exciting.
synonym: last .
Polish: finał, finisz, zakończenie
4 end The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it:— The ends justify the means.
synonym: goal .
Roget 620 :intent ,
intention ,
intentionality ;
purpose ;
quo animo [Lat.] ;
project
etc.
626 undertaking
etc.
676 predetermination
etc.
611
design ,
ambition .
contemplation ,
mind ,
animus ,
view ,
purview ,
proposal ;
study ;
look out .
final cause ;
raison d'etre [Fr.] ;
cui bono [Lat.] ;
object ,
aim ,
end ;
the be all and the end all ;"
drift
etc.
(meaning)
516 tendency
etc.
176 destination ,
mark ,
point ,
butt ,
goal ,
target ,
bull's-eye ,
quintain [Mediev.] ;
prey ,
quarry ,
game .
decision ,
determination ,
resolve ;
fixed set purpose ,
settled purpose ;
ultimatum ;
resolution
etc.
604 wish
etc.
865 arriere pensee [Fr.] ;
motive
etc.
615 [Study of final causes]
teleology .
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Dutch: eindbestemming
5 end A final part or section.
Dutch: slot, end, eind, finale, einde
6 end A final state:— He came to a bad end.
synonyms: death , destruction .
Roget 142 :cessation ,
discontinuance ,
desistance ,
desinence † .
intermission ,
remission ;
suspense ,
suspension ;
interruption ;
stop ;
stopping
etc.
v.;
closure ,
stoppage ,
halt ;
arrival
etc.
292 pause ,
rest ,
lull ,
respite ,
truce ,
drop ;
interregnum ,
abeyance ;
cloture [U.S.] .
dead stop ,
dead stand ,
dead lock ;
finis ,
cerrado [Sp.] ;
blowout ,
burnout ,
meltdown ,
disintegration ;
comma ,
colon ,
semicolon ,
period ,
full stop ;
end
etc.
67 death
etc.
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Dutch: eind, einde, end
7 end The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object.
8 end football The person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage.
9 end A boundary marking the extremities of something.
10 end One of two places from which people are communicating to each other.
11 end The part you are expected to play.
12 end The last section of a communication.
synonyms: close , closing , conclusion , ending .
Roget 67 :end ,
close ,
termination ;
desinence † ,
conclusion ,
finis ,
finale ,
period ,
term ,
terminus ,
endpoint ,
last ,
omega ;
extreme ,
extremity ;
gable end ,
butt end ,
fag-end ;
tip ,
nib ,
point ;
tail
etc.
(rear)
235 verge
etc.
(edge)
231 tag ,
peroration ;
bonne bouche [Fr.] ;
bottom dollar ,
tail end ,
rear guard .
consummation ,
denouement ;
finish
etc.
(completion)
729
fate ;
doom ,
doomsday ;
crack of doom ,
day of Judgment ,
dies irae ,
fall of the curtain ;
goal ,
destination ;
limit ,
determination ;
expiration ,
expiry † ,
extinction ,
extermination ;
death
etc.
360 end of all things ;
finality ;
eschatology .
break up ,
commencement de la fin ,
last stage ,
turning point ;
coup de grace ,
deathblow ;
knock-out-blow ;
sockdolager [U.S.] .
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Dutch: slot Polish: zakończenie, finisz, finał
13 end 14 end American football A position on the line of scrimmage.
verb
1 end Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical:— My property ends by the bushes.
synonyms: cease , finish , stop , terminate .
Roget 67 :end ,
close ,
finish ,
terminate ,
conclude ,
be all over ;
expire ;
die
etc.
360 come- ,
draw-to-a-close
etc.
n.;
have run its course ;
run out ,
pass away .
bring to an end
etc.
n.;
put an end to ,
make an end of ;
determine ;
get through ;
achieve
etc.
(complete)
729 stop
etc.
(make to cease)
142 shut up shop ;
hang up one's fiddle .
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Dutch: aftrappen, eindigen, nokken, ophouden, stilleggen, stoppen, uitlopen, uitscheiden
2 end Bring to an end or halt:— She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime.
synonym: terminate .
Dutch: afsluiten, bedanken, besluiten, beëindigen, eindigen, opzeggen, sluiten, stoppen, termineren
3 end Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of:— This sad scene ended the movie.
synonym: terminate .
4 end Moby thesaurus: Friday , Friday the thirteenth , abandon , abort , accomplishment , acme , afterglow , afterimage , aim , all , allotment , allowance , amateur athlete , annihilate , annihilation , answer , apogee , appointed lot , archer , arrest , astral influences , astrology , athlete , attend , balance , ballplayer , bane , baseballer , baseman , batter , battery , be done for , be no more , become of , belay , bell , bereave of life , big end , bigger half , biological death , bit , bite , bitter end , blocking back , book of fate , border line , borderline , bound , boundary , boundary condition , boundary line , bourn , bowman , break boundary , breakoff point , budget , butt , butt end , button up , by-end , by-purpose , cancel , candle ends , cap , carry away , carry off , carry to completion , catastrophe , catcher , cease , ceiling , center , cessation , cessation of life , chaff , check , checkmate , chip , chloroform , chunk , circumscription , clean up , clearing up , climax , clinical death , clip , clipping , close , close out , close up , closing , closure , coach , coda , collop , come about , come of , come out , come to naught , come to nothing , commission , compass , competitor , complete , completing , completion , conclude , conclusion , confine , confines , conk out , constellation , consummation , contingent , cracking , cricketer , crossing the bar , crown , crumb , culminate , culmination , cup , curtains , cut , cut down , cut it out , cut off , cut short , cutoff , cutoff point , cutting , dead stop , deadline , deadlock , deal , death , death knell , deathblow , debris , debt of nature , decease , decipherment , decoding , defensive lineman , delimitation , demise , denouement , departure , deprive of life , desist , desistance , destination , destiny , destroy , desuetude , determinant , determination , determine , detritus , develop , die , dies funestis , disappear , discontinuance , discontinuation , discontinue , disentanglement , dispatch , dispose of , dissolution , dividend , division line , do away with , do for , do to death , dole , dollop , doom , drop it , dying , ebb of life , end in view , end of life , end result , endgame , ending , ensue , equal share , eternal rest , eventuate , execute , exit , expiration , expire , explanation , exterminate , extinction , extinguishment , extreme , extremity , fade away , fag end , fall out , fare , fatality , fate , filings , final cause , final result , final summons , final whistle , finale , finality , finalize , finding , finding-out , finger of death , finis , finish , finish off , finish up , finishing , floor , follow , footballer , foredoom , fortune , fossil , fragment , frontier , full development , full stop , future , game , games-player , gamester , get done , get it over , get rid of , get through , get through with , give over , go , goal , gob , gobbet , going , going off , grave , grinding halt , guard , gun , half , halt , halver , hand of death , have done with , hedge , helping , high-water mark , highest degree , hold , holdover , hunk , husks , ides of March , immolate , inevitability , infielder , interest , interface , interpretation , issue , jaws of death , jock , jumper , kill , kismet , knell , knock it off , last act , last debt , last muster , last rest , last roundup , last sleep , launch into eternity , lay off , leave off , leaving , leaving life , leavings , leftovers , limen , limit , limitation , limiting factor , line , line of demarcation , lineman , liquidate , lockout , loss of life , lot , low-water mark , lower limit , lump , lynch , make away with , making an end , march , mark , martyr , martyrize , maturation , maturity , maximum , measure , meed , mess , mete , modicum , moiety , moira , mop up , morsel , ne plus ultra , nip , nth degree , object , object in mind , objective , odds and ends , offensive lineman , offscourings , orts , outcome , outfield , outfielder , pan out , paring , parings , part , particle , parting , pass , pass away , passing , passing away , passing over , payoff , peak , peg out , percentage , perfect , perfection , period , perish , perishing , perorate , piece , pinnacle , planets , player , poison , poloist , portion , prey , professional athlete , proportion , prove , prove to be , pugilist , purge , pursuit , put away , put down , put paid to , put to death , put to sleep , quantum , quarry , quarterback , quietus , quintain , quit , quota , racer , rags , rake-off , rasher , ration , reason , reason for being , refrain , refuse , release , relics , relinquish , remainder , remains , remnant , remove from life , renounce , residue , residuum , resolution , resolve , resolving , rest , result , reward , riddling , ripeness , roach , round out , rounding off , rounding out , rubbish , ruins , rump , run out , sacrifice , sawdust , scoop , scourings , scrap , scraps , scratch , scrub , segment , sentence of death , shades of death , shadow , shadow of death , shard , share , shaving , shavings , shiver , shred , sit-down strike , skater , slaughter , slay , sleep , slice , sliver , small share , smithereen , snack , snatch , snip , snippet , solution , solving , somatic death , sorting out , splinter , sport , sportsman , stake , stalemate , stand , standoff , standstill , stars , start , starting line , starting point , starve , stay , stitch , stock , stop , stoppage , straw , strike , stubble , stump , succumb , summit , summons of death , survival , sweepings , tackle , tailback , take life , take off , target , target date , tatter , teleology , term , terminal , terminal date , terminate , termination , terminus , the whole , threshold , time allotment , tip , to , top , top off , top out , topping off , toxophilite , trace , turn out , ultimate , ultimate aim , unfold , unlucky day , unraveling , unriddling , unscrambling , unspinning , untangling , untwisting , unweaving , upper limit , upshot , utmost , utmost extent , uttermost , vanish , vestige , walkout , waste , weird , wheel of fortune , will of Heaven , wind up , windup , wingback , work out , work stoppage , working , working-out , wrap up , wrestler ... show more .
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