| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | eh'nd |
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| Rhymes | amend, append, apprehend, and 47 more rhymes in ehnd at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Either extremity of something that has length. |
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| Examples | "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line" |
| Narrower | bitter end; bitthead; heel; point; pole, magnetic pole; railhead; terminus; yardarm; nerve ending, nerve end; telomere; heel; end point, endpoint, termination, terminus; finish, destination, goal; tip |
| Broader | extremity |
| Verbs | end |
| Meaning | The point in time at which something ends. |
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| Examples | "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| Synonyms | ending |
| Narrower | death, last; death, dying, demise; period; year-end; stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close; cease; fag end, tail, tail end; last gasp; termination, expiration, expiry; terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit |
| Broader | point, point in time |
| Contrary | beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset; middle |
| Verbs | end; end; end; end |
| Meaning | The concluding parts of an event or occurrence. |
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| Examples | "the end was exciting" |
| Synonyms | last, final stage |
| Narrower | endgame, end game; endgame, end game; homestretch; passing |
| Broader | ending, conclusion, finish |
| Verbs | end; end; end; end |
| Meaning | The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it. |
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| Examples | "the ends justify the means" |
| Synonyms | goal |
| Part of | plan of action |
| Narrower | aim, object, objective, target; bourn, bourne; end-all; destination, terminus; no-goal; purpose, intent, intention, aim, design; intention |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object |
| Meaning | A final part or section. |
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| Examples | "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" |
| Broader | part, section, division |
| Contrary | beginning; middle |
| Verbs | end; end; end |
| Meaning | A final state. |
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| Examples | "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" |
| Synonyms | destruction, death |
| Broader | state |
| Verbs | end; end; end; end |
| Meaning | The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object. |
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| Examples | "one end of the box was marked `This side up'" |
| Broader | surface |
| Verbs | end |
| Meaning | (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage. |
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| Examples | "the end managed to hold onto the pass" |
| Category | football, football game |
| Narrower | split end; tight end |
| Broader | lineman |
| Meaning | One of two places from which people are communicating to each other. |
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| Examples | "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time" |
| Broader | topographic point, place, spot |
| Meaning | A boundary marking the extremities of something. |
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| Examples | "the end of town" |
| Broader | boundary, bound, bounds |
| Verbs | end |
| Meaning | The part you are expected to play. |
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| Examples | "he held up his end" |
| Broader | contribution, part, share |
| Meaning | The last section of a communication. |
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| Synonyms | conclusion, close, closing, ending |
| Part of | narration, recital, yarn; address, speech |
| Narrower | anticlimax, bathos; epilogue, epilog; epilogue, epilog; peroration; finale, coda |
| Broader | section, subdivision |
| Verbs | end; end; end |
| Meaning | A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold. |
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| Synonyms | remainder, remnant, oddment |
| Narrower | fag end |
| Broader | piece of cloth, piece of material |
| Meaning | A position on the line of scrimmage. |
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| Examples | "no one wanted to play end" |
| Member of | football team, eleven |
| Broader | lineman |
| Meaning | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense. Either spatial or metaphorical. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| Synonyms | stop, finish, terminate, cease |
| Caused by | end, terminate |
| Narrower | pass away; lapse; cut out; go out; adjourn, recess, break up; vanish, disappear; culminate, climax; run out; run low, run short, go; vanish, disappear, go away; conclude, close; turn out, come out; discontinue; break |
| Contrary | begin, start |
| Nouns | end; end; end; end; end; end; end; end |
| Meaning | Bring to an end or halt. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They end moving |
| Examples | "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime" |
| Synonyms | terminate |
| Cause to | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease |
| Narrower | close out; finish; abort; culminate; lift, raise; ax, axe; stamp out, kill; dissolve, break up; dissolve, break up; break, break off, discontinue, stop; interrupt, break; stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out; finalize, finalise, settle, nail down; complete, finish; closure, cloture; decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate; conclude; close; phase out; close |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Contrary | get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence; begin, lead off, start, commence |
| Nouns | end; end; ending; end; end |
| Meaning | Be the end of. Be the last or concluding part of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This sad scene ended the movie" |
| Synonyms | terminate |
| Narrower | close |
| Broader | be |
| Nouns | end; ending; end; end; end; end, ending |
| Meaning | Put an end to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" |
| Broader | destroy, destruct |
| Nouns | ending; end; end; end; end |