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endless

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end·less  (ndls)
adj.
1. Being or seeming to be without an end or limit; boundless: an endless universe; an endless conversation.
2. Formed with the ends joined; continuous: an endless chain.

endless·ly adv.
endless·ness n.

endless
Adjective
1. having no end; eternal or infinite
2. continuing too long or continually recurring: an endless stream of visitors
endlessly adv
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Adj.1.endless - tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
2.endless - infinitely great in number; "endless waves"
infinite - having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth"
3.endless - having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth"
infinite - having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth"
4.endless - having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain"
continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"

endless
adjective 3. continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted, undivided, without end
Translations
Spanish endless [ˈɛndlɪs] adjinterminable, inacabable; [possibilities] → infinito
French endless [ˈɛndlɪs] adjsans fin, interminable; [patience, resources] → inépuisable, sans limites; [possibilities] → illimité(e)
German endless [ˈɛndlɪs] adjendlos;
(patience, resources, possibilities) → unbegrenzt

Italian endless [ˈɛndlɪs] adjsenza fine; [patience, resources] → infinito/a; [possibilities] → illimitato/a

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So with the world thy gentle ways, Thy grace, thy more than beauty, Shall be an endless theme of praise, And love - a simple duty.
That night, when I had finished an endless amount of work, I was sent to sleep in the steerage, where I made up a spare bunk.
In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
 
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