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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 [ˈɛndlɪs]
adj
1. having or seeming to have no end; eternal or infinite
2. continuing too long or continually recurring
3. formed with the ends joined an endless belt
endlessly  adv
endlessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
2. interminable, constant, persistent, perpetual, never-ending, incessant, monotonous, overlong, Ndl$ (S.M.S.) I am sick to death of your endless complaints.
3. continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted, undivided, without end, Ndl$ (S.M.S.) an endless conveyor belt
Translations
endless [ˈendlɪs] ADJ
1. (= interminable) [road, queue, summer, speech] → interminable; [variety, patience, desert] → infinito; [supply] → inacabable, inagotable
the list is endlessla lista es interminable
this job is endlesseste trabajo no se acaba nunca
an endless round of meetingsuna ronda interminable de reuniones
2. (= countless) → continuo
I'm tired of his endless questions/complainingestoy cansada de sus continuas preguntas/quejas
he asked me endless questionsme hizo un sinfín de preguntas
the possibilities are endlesslas posibilidades son infinitas
3. (Tech) [screw, belt] → sin fin adj inv

endless [ˈɛndləs] adj
(= interminable) [journey, drought, war] → sans fin, interminable; [meetings, arguments, questions] → interminable; [line, path] → infini(e); [summer] → sans fin; [winter, dark day] → interminable
The journey seemed endless → Le voyage a paru interminable.
The list is endless → La liste est interminable.
(= unlimited) [resources] → inépuisable, sans limites; [patience] → infini(e), sans limite; [variety] → infini(e); [possibilities] → illimité(e)

endless
adj
(= interminable, unlimited) period, stream, series, talk, patienceendlos; varietyunendlich; supplyunbegrenzt; an endless round of meetingsBesprechungen, die kein Ende nehmen wollen; the list is endlessdie Liste nimmt kein Ende
(= countless) meetings, arguments, questions, problemsunzählig; the possibilities are endlesses gibt unendlich viele Möglichkeiten
(= continuous) road, stretchendlos (lang); queueendlos lang; expanseunendlich; desert, forestendlos, unendlich

endless [ˈɛndlɪs] adj (gen) → senza fine; (road, speech) → interminabile, senza fine; (attempts) → innumerevole; (arguments) → continuo/a; (patience) → infinito/a; (possibilities) → illimitato/a; (resources) → inesauribile
endless [ˈɛndlɪs] adj (gen) → senza fine; (road, speech) → interminabile, senza fine; (attempts) → innumerevole; (arguments) → continuo/a; (patience) → infinito/a; (possibilities) → illimitato/a; (resources) → inesauribile

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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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