ending
/ˈɛndɪŋ/
ending noun: a termination or conclusion. Also the present participle and gerund of end.
Noun
ending (plural endings)
- A termination or conclusion.
- Synonyms:
- conclusion, end, termination
- The last part of something.
- The book has a happy ending.
- The film has an unexpected ending.
- The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
- Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
- Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.2002, Ilse Wischer, Gabriele Diewald, New Reflections on Grammaticalization, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 45
Also used as
ending is also the present participle and gerund of end.
ending meaning in Kannada
ending in Kannada
- ಕೊನೆಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದು, ಕೊನೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ
Examples of ending in a sentence
- In the English words didn’t, that’s, and wanna, the endings -n’t, -’s, and -a arose by contraction.
- He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.
- We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.
Synonyms of ending
Forms of ending
| plural | endings |
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Origin of ending
From Middle English endynge, endyng, endinge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end + -ing.
Words formed from ending
Phrases with ending
- ending in
- ending up
- ending off
- ending out
- butt ending
- never ending
- ending it all
- ending in smoke
- ending in tears
- ending lockdown
- ending one's days
- ending one's life
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with ending
- descending
- ascending
- attending
- pending
- happy ending
- spending
- unbending
- unpretending
- antispending
- blending
- condescending
- defending
15 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about ending
- What does ending mean?
- Ending means a termination or conclusion.
- What is ending in Kannada?
- Ending in Kannada is ಕೊನೆಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದು, ಕೊನೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. See Ending meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is ending?
- Ending is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ending?
- Ending is pronounced /ˈɛndɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of ending?
- The plural of ending is endings.
Words near ending in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ending (page history and authors); ending (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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