End - Definition

n 1: either extremity of something that has length; "the end of
the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode
to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior
arches of the fornix" [syn: end, terminal]
2: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the
year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: end, ending]
[ant: beginning, commencement, first, get-go,
kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start,
starting time]
3: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was
exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end,
last, final stage]
4: 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" [syn: goal, end]
5: 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" [ant:
beginning, middle]
6: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end,
destruction, death]
7: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional
object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
8: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of
scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
9: a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of
town"
10: 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"
11: the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
12: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want
to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing,
ending]
13: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
14: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no
one wanted to play end"
v 1: 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" [syn: end,
stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin,
start]
2: 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" [syn: end, terminate] [ant: begin,
commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set
out, start, start out]
3: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad
scene ended the movie" [syn: end, terminate]
4: put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had
survived"