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Roget category 67
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.4. Order
›› 1.4.2. Consecutive order
#67.
End
noun
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.].
verb
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.
adjective
ending
etc.
v. —
final,
terminal,
definitive —
crowning
etc.
(completing)
729 —
last,
ultimate —
hindermost† —
rear
etc.
235 —
caudal —
vergent†.
conterminate†,
conterminous,
conterminable†.
ended
etc.
v. —
at an end —
settled,
decided,
over,
played out,
set at rest —
conclusive.
penultimate —
last but one,
last but two,
etc.
unbegun,
uncommenced† —
fresh.
adverb
finally
etc.
adj. —
in fine —
at the last —
once for all.
phrase
as high as Heaven and as deep as hell"
[Beaumont and Fletcher];
deficit omne quod nascitur [Lat.]
[Quintilian];
en toute chose il faut considerer la fin [Fr.] —
finem respice [Lat.] —
ultimus Romanorum [Lat.].
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