eend

Noun

end (plural ends)

1. The terminal point of something in space or time.
   • they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   conclusion, limit, terminus, termination

2. Share of joint responsibility.
   • Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
3. (broadly) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
   • Is there no end to this madness?
4. (broadly, often) Death.
   • He met a terrible end in the jungle.
5. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
   • Hold the string at both ends.
6. Result.
   • O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come!1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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