Idioms for end
Origin of end
1
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English
ende; cognate with Old Frisian
enda, Middle Dutch
e(i)nde, Old Saxon
endi, Old High German
anti, German
Ende, Old Norse
endi(r), Gothic
andeis “end,” from unattested Germanic
anthjá-; akin to Sanskrit
ánta- “end”
synonym study for end
5.
End,
close,
conclusion,
finish,
outcome refer to the termination of something.
End implies a natural termination or completion, or an attainment of purpose:
the end of a day, of a race; to some good end.
Close often implies a planned rounding off of something in process:
the close of a conference.
Conclusion suggests a decision or arrangement:
All evidence leads to this conclusion; the conclusion of peace terms.
Finish emphasizes completion of something begun:
a fight to the finish.
Outcome suggests the issue of something that was in doubt:
the outcome of a game.
7. See
aim.
OTHER WORDS FROM end
end·er, nounWords nearby end
Definition for end (2 of 4)
end
2
[ end ]
/ ɛnd /
verb (used with object) British Dialect.
to put wheat, hay, or other grain into a stack or barn.
Origin of end
2Definition for end (3 of 4)
end.
endorsed.
Definition for end (4 of 4)
Example sentences from the Web for end
British Dictionary definitions for end (1 of 3)
end
1
/ (ɛnd) /
noun
verb
See also
end up
Derived forms of end
ender, nounWord Origin for end
Old English
ende; related to Old Norse
endir, Gothic
andeis, Old High German
endi, Latin
antiae forelocks, Sanskrit
antya last
British Dictionary definitions for end (2 of 3)
end
2
/ (ɛnd) /
verb
(tr) British
to put (hay or grain) into a barn or stack
Word Origin for end
Old English
innian; related to Old High German
innōn; see
inn
British Dictionary definitions for end (3 of 3)
Medical definitions for end
end-
pref.
Variant ofendo-
Idioms and Phrases with end
end