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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, terminationdesinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omegaextreme, extremitygable end, butt end, fag-endtip, nib, pointtail etc. (rear) 235verge etc. (edge) 231tag, perorationbonne bouche [Fr.]bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.
consummation, denouementfinish etc. (completion) 729 fatedoom, doomsdaycrack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtaingoal, destinationlimit, determinationexpiration, expiry, extinction, exterminationdeath etc. 360end of all thingsfinalityeschatology.
break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning pointcoup de grace, deathblowknock-out-blowsockdolager [U.S.].

verb

end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all overexpiredie etc. 360come-, draw-to-a-close etc. n. — have run its courserun out, pass away.
bring to an end etc. n. — put an end to, make an end ofdetermineget throughachieve etc. (complete) 729stop etc. (make to cease) 142shut up shophang up one's fiddle.

adjective

ending etc. v. — final, terminal, definitivecrowning etc. (completing) 729last, ultimatehindermostrear etc. 235caudalvergent.
conterminate, conterminous, conterminable.
ended etc. v. — at an endsettled, decided, over, played out, set at restconclusive.
penultimatelast but one, last but two, etc. unbegun, uncommencedfresh.

adverb

finally etc. adj. — in fineat the lastonce 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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