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end of the world

end of the world noun: the death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.

Noun

end of the world (plural ends of the world)

  1. The death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
    Synonyms:
    end times
  2. The destruction of Earth.
  3. (idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
    • You make it sound as though moving house is the end of the world.
  4. Synonym of ends of the earth (“a faraway place”)

end of the world meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

end of the world in Hindi

end of the world
दुनिया का अंत duniyā kā ant, प्रलय pralay, क़यामत qayāmat

end of the world in Tamil

உகமுடிவு, ஊழி

end of the world in Urdu

end of the world
آخِرُ الزَّمان āxiru z-zamān, قَیامَت qayāmat

end of the world in Telugu

end of the world
యుగాంతము yugāntamu
More languagesFewer languages
end of the world in Pashto
قيامت qiyāmat, آخر الزمان āxiru z-zamān
end of the world in Tagalog
katapusan ng mundo
end of the world in Arabic
نِهَايَةُ الْعَالَم nihāyatu l-ʕālam, الْقِيَامَة al-qiyāma, آخِرُ الزَّمَان ʔāḵiru z-zamān
end of the world in Malay
akhir zaman, kiamat
end of the world in Indonesian
akhir zaman, kiamat
end of the world in Vietnamese
tận thế

Synonyms of end of the world

Forms of end of the world

pluralends of the world
alternative attributive especiallyend-of-the-world

Words formed from end of the world

Questions about end of the world

What does end of the world mean?
End of the world means the death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
What is end of the world in Hindi?
End of the world in Hindi is दुनिया का अंत (duniyā kā ant), प्रलय (pralay), क़यामत (qayāmat). See End of the world meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is end of the world?
End of the world is a noun.
What is the plural of end of the world?
The plural of end of the world is ends of the world.

Words near end of the world in the dictionary

  1. end of terrace
  2. end of the day
  3. end of the line
  4. end of the rainbow
  5. end of the road
  6. end of the world
  7. end of watch
  8. end off
  9. end on
  10. end one's days
  11. end one's life

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Adapted from Wiktionary: end of the world (page history and authors); end of the world (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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