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end-to-end

end-to-end adjective: of a collection of items, arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.

Adjective

end-to-end (not comparable)

  1. Of a collection of items, arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.
    • We laid a long end-to-end row of bricks.
    Antonyms:
    side-by-side
  2. (idiomatic) From one end to the other; entire.
    • The end-to-end trip takes about forty minutes.
    • End-to-end encryption involves uninterrupted protection of data traveling between two communicating parties.
  3. Smoothly alternating between attacking and defensive plays.
    • But rather than the end-to-end action of the first half, much of the entertainment took place in the Sunderland third.2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC

Examples of end-to-end in a sentence

  • There is a vestibule connection at each end of every vehicle, so that however how long the train an end-to-end passage is possible.1958 May, “Diesel Railcars for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 353:
  • End-to-end journey times could be double that of lorries on the expanding motorway network, and it was more difficult than ever to path trains between fast passenger services.2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
  • Telegram, however, only turns on end-to-end encryption for “secret chats”, an option that users must actively select for each individual contact.2021 January 24, Alex Hern, “WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update”, in The Guardian:

Antonyms of end-to-end

Questions about end-to-end

What does end-to-end mean?
End-to-end means of a collection of items, arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.
How do you use end-to-end in a sentence?
There is a vestibule connection at each end of every vehicle, so that however how long the train an end-to-end passage is possible.
What part of speech is end-to-end?
End-to-end is an adjective.

Words near end-to-end in the dictionary

  1. end-scrapers
  2. end-table
  3. end-tables
  4. end-tidal
  5. end-times
  6. end-to-end
  7. end-Triassic mass extinction
  8. end-user
  9. end-user license agreement
  10. end-user license agreements
  11. end-users

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