When something ends or when you end it, it stops.
If you end with something, it is the last of a series of things that you say, do, or perform.
If you end by doing something, it is the last of a series of things that you do.
You use end up to say what happens at the end of a series of events, usually without being planned. You can say that someone or something ends up in a particular place, that they end up with something, or that they end up doing something.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() bitter end - (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt bitthead - the upper end of a bitt heel - the lower end of a ship's mast point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" magnetic pole, pole - one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated railhead - the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway terminus - either end of a railroad or bus route yardarm - either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship nerve end, nerve ending - the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse telomere - either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome; "telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together" heel - one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread destination, goal, finish - the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point tip - the extreme end of something; especially something pointed |
2. | end - 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" commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" middle - time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April" | |
3. | end - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" conclusion, ending, finish - 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" end game, endgame - the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board end game, endgame - the final stages of an extended process of negotiation; "the diplomatic endgame" homestretch - the end of an enterprise; "they were on the homestretch when the computer crashed" passing - the end of something; "the passing of winter" | |
4. | end - 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" cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned plan of action - a plan for actively doing something objective, aim, object, target - the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" end-all - the ultimate goal; "human beings are not the end-all of evolution" destination, terminus - the ultimate goal for which something is done no-goal - a nonexistent goal; "he lived without a reason progressing toward no-goal" aim, intent, intention, purpose, design - an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" intention - (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal; "his intentions are entirely honorable" | |
5. | end - 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" division, section, part - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" beginning - the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" middle - an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle | |
6. | end - a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" | |
7. | end - the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'" surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" | |
8. | end - (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass" football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal lineman - one of the players on the line of scrimmage split end - (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen tight end - (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle | |
9. | end - a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town" | |
10. | end - 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" place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" | |
11. | end - the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end" contribution, share, part - the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work" | |
12. | end - 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" | |
13. | end - a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric | |
14. | end - (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end" lineman - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage football team, eleven - a team that plays football | |
Verb | 1. | end - 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" pass away - go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away" lapse - end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed" cut out - cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out" go out - become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark" culminate - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" run out - become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out" run low, run short, go - to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" break - come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" |
2. | end - 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" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" close out - terminate; "We closed out our account" finish - cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary" abort - terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer" culminate - bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism" dissolve, break up - bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" break, interrupt - terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" finalise, finalize, nail down, settle - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" complete, finish - come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" closure, cloture - terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" resolve, settle, adjudicate, decide - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" conclude - bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting" close - complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building" phase out - terminate gradually close - finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" | |
3. | end - be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" close - cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
4. | end - put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" |