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
British Dictionary definitions for end to end (1 of 2)
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 to end (2 of 2)
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
Idioms and Phrases with end to end (1 of 2)
end to end
In a row with the ends touching. For example, The logs were laid end to end. [Mid-1800s]
from end to end. Throughout the length of something, as in We hiked the Appalachian Trail from end to end. [First half of 1600s]
Idioms and Phrases with end to end (2 of 2)
end