| Noun | 1. | ending - the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" morpheme - minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units inflectional ending, inflectional suffix - an inflection that is added at the end of a root word |
| 2. | ending - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" abort - the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area" demonetisation, demonetization - ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics tone ending, release - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone retirement - withdrawal from your position or occupation relinquishing, relinquishment - the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. breakup, dissolution - the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) overthrow - the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) adjournment, dissolution - the termination of a meeting dismission, sacking, liberation, firing, dismissal, release, discharge, sack - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists abolishment, abolition - the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" liquidation, settlement - termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities drug withdrawal, withdrawal - the termination of drug taking closedown, shutdown, closing, closure - termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" extinguishing, quenching, extinction - the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" fade, disappearance - gradually ceasing to be visible abortion - termination of pregnancy defusing, deactivation - the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) discontinuance, discontinuation - the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | |
| 3. | ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" last, death - the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" demise, dying, death - the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" period - the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" year-end - the end of a calendar year; "he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end" close, finis, last, stopping point, finale, finish, conclusion - the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" cease - (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end tail end, tail - the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" last gasp - the point of death or exhaustion or completion; "the last gasp of the cold war" expiration, expiry, termination - a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" | |
| 4. | ending - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" final result, outcome, resultant, termination, result - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" foregone conclusion, matter of course - an inevitable ending demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something omega, Z - the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation triumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" | |
| 5. | ending - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." anticlimax, bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" epilog, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" epilog, epilogue - a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play peroration - (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration" |