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at an end

at an end adjective: finished, completed, over, terminated.

Adjective

at an end (not comparable)

  1. Finished, completed, over, terminated.
    • Let mine outcasts dwel with thee, Moab, be thou a couert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressours are consumed out of the land.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 16:4
    • Marner went home, and for a whole day sat alone, stunned by despair, without any impulse to go to Sarah and attempt to win her belief in his innocence. The second day he took refuge from benumbing unbelief, by getting into his loom and working away as usual; and before many hours were past, the...1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter I, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC

Questions about at an end

What does at an end mean?
At an end means finished, completed, over, terminated.
What part of speech is at an end?
At an end is an adjective.

Words near at an end in the dictionary

  1. at all hands
  2. at all hours
  3. at all points
  4. at all risks
  5. at all times
  6. at an end
  7. at anchor
  8. at antipodes
  9. at any cost
  10. at any event
  11. at any given moment

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