Meaning & Definition of End in English

1. Either extremity of something that has length

• "The end of the pier"

• "She knotted the end of the thread"

• "They rode to the end of the line"

• "The terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"

2. The point in time at which something ends

• "The end of the year"

• "The ending of warranty period"

3. The concluding parts of an event or occurrence

• "The end was exciting"

• "I had to miss the last of the movie"

4. 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"

5. A final part or section

• "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"

6. A final state

• "He came to a bad end"

• "The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

7. The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object

• "One end of the box was marked `this side up'"

8. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage

• "The end managed to hold onto the pass"

9. A boundary marking the extremities of something

• "The end of town"

10. One of two places from which people are communicating to each other

• "The phone rang at the other end"

• "Both ends wrote at the same time"

11. The part you are expected to play

• "He held up his end"

12. The last section of a communication

• "In conclusion i want to say..."

13. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

14. (american football) a position on the line of scrimmage

• "No one wanted to play end"

1. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

• Either spatial or metaphorical

• "The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"

• "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

• "My property ends by the bushes"

• "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

2. Bring to an end or halt

• "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"

• "The attack on poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after ww i"

3. Be the end of

• Be the last or concluding part of

• "This sad scene ended the movie"

4. Put an end to

• "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"