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Noun
/ˈendiNG/,
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endings, plural;
  1. An end or final part of something, esp. a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie
    • - the ending of the Cold War
  2. The furthest part or point of something
    • - a nerve ending
  3. The final part of a word, constituting a grammatical inflection or formative element


  1. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
  2. termination: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
  3. end: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
  4. event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
  5. conclusion: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
  6. (ended) complete: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
  7. In linguistics, a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. ...
  8. (ENDS) An electronic cigarette, e-cigarette or personal vaporizer, is a battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine or non-nicotine vaporized solution. It is an alternative to smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. ...
  9. Ends is a collection of science fiction stories and poems by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 1988 and as a companion volume to Dickson's Beginnings. ...
  10. (Endings) There are 22 (23 with DLR) PARK stations (not including Hyde Park Corner); 11 (13 with DLR) ROAD stations (Edgware Road counted as one station); 9 GREEN stations; 8 STREET stations; 7 GATE stations; (including Aldgate, Highgate, Moorgate and Southgate); 7 HILL(S) stations (including ...
  11. (Endings) the 11 grammatical endings: -O, -A, -E, -I, -AS, -IS, -OS, -US, -U, -J, -N.
  12. (Ended) Presumed 1 October 1998
  13. (Ended) has two morphemes. The base word end, and the suffix ed which indicates past tense.
  14. (Ends) In braiding, the number of parallel wires or threads on a carrier.
  15. (Ends) The last 5 to 6 feet of the lane where the pins are. See also Back Ends.
  16. (ends) noun. money or bills; the origins of which mean making ends meet (example: need some ends or making ends)
  17. 'attaining two ends simultaneously'; sama-sīsī (q.v.).
  18. (Ends) The right and left sides of a die as you stand facing it
  19. (Ends) The yarns running the length of a woven fabric. See also warp.
  20. (Ends) This usually means that teams have to change ends every period. The home team has the preference on what end they want to start, usually end closest to their player’s bench.
  21. (Ends) Used for expressing the amount of warp yarns in a fabric.
  22. (Ends) the dancers on the outside of a dance formation (e.g., the outer 2 couples in a column, the outer 2 dancers in a line)
  23. (ends) The edges of a textile that parallel the warp selvages; each rectangular textile has two ends and two sides.
  24. (ends) The last part of whole loaves of meat and cheese in the Deli Department.
  25. The Ends define the purpose of the organization and are outwardly focused.