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the end

/ðiː ɛnd/US/ði ɛnd/

the end phrase: used traditionally at the end of a story or film.

Phrase (1)

the end

  1. Used traditionally at the end of a story or film.
    • Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; […] remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.
      the end.1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Alice’s Evidence”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 192
  2. Used to indicate the termination of something.
    • I have no idea where this conversation is going. Shall we head it off the page and say this is The End.2007, Kathryn M. Hilton, Artificial Intelligence Is Fun!: Conversations with a Computer, page 240

Phrase (2) capitalized: The End

The End

  1. Alternative letter-case form of the end.

the end meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

the end in Tamil

end of a story or film
முற்றும் muṟṟum

the end in Tagalog

end of a story or film
wakas

the end in Arabic

end of a story or film
النِهاية nihāya

the end in Malay

end of a story or film
tamat
More languagesFewer languages
the end in Indonesian
tamat
the end in Vietnamese
hết

Forms of the end

alternative formThe End

Questions about the end

What does the end mean?
The end means used traditionally at the end of a story or film.
What is the end in Tamil?
The end in Tamil is முற்றும் (muṟṟum). See The end meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is the end?
The end is a phrase.
How do you pronounce the end?
The end is pronounced /ðiː ɛnd/ (UK).

Words near the end in the dictionary

  1. the early bird catches the worm
  2. the early bird gets the worm
  3. the Earth kept spinning
  4. The Emergency
  5. The Enchantments
  6. the end
  7. the end justifies the means
  8. the end of one's rope
  9. the ends justify the means
  10. the enemy of my enemy is my friend
  11. the enemy of your enemy is your friend

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