| ending | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ending, termination | the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme).; "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" |
| ~ morpheme | minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units. |
| ~ postfix, suffix | an affix that is added at the end of the word. |
| ~ inflectional ending, inflectional suffix | an inflection that is added at the end of a root word. |
| n. (act) | 2. conclusion, ending, termination | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ abort | the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed.; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area" |
| ~ demonetisation, demonetization | ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country. |
| ~ change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics. |
| ~ tone ending, release | (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone. |
| ~ mop up, windup, completion, culmination, closing | a concluding action. |
| ~ retirement | withdrawal from your position or occupation. |
| ~ relinquishing, relinquishment | the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.. |
| ~ breakup, dissolution | the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations). |
| ~ overthrow | the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force). |
| ~ adjournment, dissolution | the termination of a meeting. |
| ~ dismission, sacking, liberation, dismissal, firing, release, discharge, sack | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). |
| ~ destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| ~ kill, putting to death, killing | the act of terminating a life. |
| ~ abolishment, abolition | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery).; "the abolition of capital punishment" |
| ~ liquidation, settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. |
| ~ drug withdrawal, withdrawal | the termination of drug taking. |
| ~ closedown, shutdown, closing, closure | termination of operations.; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" |
| ~ extinguishing, quenching, extinction | the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning.; "the extinction of the lights" |
| ~ fade, disappearance | gradually ceasing to be visible. |
| ~ abortion | termination of pregnancy. |
| ~ defusing, deactivation | the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb). |
| ~ discontinuance, discontinuation | the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent). |
| n. (time) | 3. end, ending | the point in time at which something ends.; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| ~ last, death | the time at which life ends; continuing until dead.; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" |
| ~ demise, dying, death | the time when something ends.; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" |
| ~ period | the end or completion of something.; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" |
| ~ point in time, point | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ year-end | the end of a calendar year.; "he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end" |
| ~ close, finis, last, stopping point, finale, finish, conclusion | the temporal end; the concluding time.; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" |
| ~ cease | (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end. |
| ~ fag end, tail end, tail | the time of the last part of something.; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" |
| ~ last gasp | the point of death or exhaustion or completion.; "the last gasp of the cold war" |
| ~ expiration, expiry, termination | a coming to an end of a contract period.; "the expiry of his driver's license" |
| ~ terminal point, terminus ad quem, limit | final or latest limiting point. |
| n. (event) | 4. conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something.; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ final stage, end, last | the concluding parts of an event or occurrence.; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
| ~ final result, outcome, resultant, result, termination | something that results.; "he listened for the results on the radio" |
| ~ foregone conclusion, matter of course | an inevitable ending. |
| ~ demolition, wipeout, destruction | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| ~ omega, z | the ending of a series or sequence.; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" |
| ~ stop, halt | the event of something ending.; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" |
| ~ triumph, victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest.; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| ~ defeat, licking | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest.; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" |
| n. (communication) | 5. close, closing, conclusion, end, ending | the last section of a communication.; "in conclusion I want to say..." |
| ~ anticlimax, bathos | a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one. |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| ~ epilog, epilogue | a short passage added at the end of a literary work.; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" |
| ~ epilog, epilogue | a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play. |
| ~ peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration.; "he summarized his main points in his peroration" |
| ~ coda, finale | the closing section of a musical composition. |
| ~ recital, yarn, narration | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.; "his narration was hesitant" |
| ~ speech, address | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience.; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" |
| adjourn | | |
| v. (change) | 1. adjourn, break up, recess | close at the end of a session.; "The court adjourned" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (social) | 2. adjourn, retire, withdraw | break from a meeting or gathering.; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
| ~ seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw | keep away from others.; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" |
| ~ close down, close up, shut down, close, fold | cease to operate or cause to cease operating.; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" |
| ~ prorogue | adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body. |
| ~ foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet | collect in one place.; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| conclude | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ induce | reason or establish by induction. |
| ~ deduce, derive, infer, deduct | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| ~ syllogise, syllogize | reason by syllogisms. |
| ~ feel, find | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" |
| ~ deduce, infer | conclude by reasoning; in logic. |
| ~ gather | conclude from evidence.; "I gather you have not done your homework" |
| ~ extrapolate, generalize, generalise, infer | draw from specific cases for more general cases. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. conclude | bring to a close.; "The committee concluded the meeting" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ perorate | conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation. |
| v. (communication) | 3. conclude, resolve | reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. |
| ~ square off, settle, square up, determine | settle conclusively; come to terms.; "We finally settled the argument" |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| v. (stative) | 4. close, conclude | come to a close.; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (communication) | 5. conclude | reach agreement on.; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire" |
| ~ agree | achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose.; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman" |
| end | | |
| n. (location) | 1. end, terminal | either extremity of something that has length.; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" |
| ~ bitter end | (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt. |
| ~ bitthead | the upper end of a bitt. |
| ~ heel | the lower end of a ship's mast. |
| ~ point | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| ~ magnetic pole, pole | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated. |
| ~ railhead | the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway. |
| ~ terminus | either end of a railroad or bus route. |
| ~ yardarm | either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship. |
| ~ nerve end, nerve ending | the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse. |
| ~ telomere | either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome.; "telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together" |
| ~ heel | one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread. |
| ~ end point, endpoint, terminus, termination | a place where something ends or is complete. |
| ~ destination, goal, finish | the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey).; "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" |
| ~ extremity | the outermost or farthest region or point. |
| ~ tip | the extreme end of something; especially something pointed. |
| n. (event) | 2. end, final stage, last | the concluding parts of an event or occurrence.; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
| ~ conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something.; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| ~ end game, endgame | the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board. |
| ~ end game, endgame | the final stages of an extended process of negotiation.; "the diplomatic endgame" |
| ~ homestretch | the end of an enterprise.; "they were on the homestretch when the computer crashed" |
| ~ passing | the end of something.; "the passing of winter" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. end, goal | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ plan of action | a plan for actively doing something. |
| ~ objective, aim, object, target | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable).; "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" |
| ~ bourn, bourne | an archaic term for a goal or destination. |
| ~ end-all | the ultimate goal.; "human beings are not the end-all of evolution" |
| ~ destination, terminus | the ultimate goal for which something is done. |
| ~ no-goal | a nonexistent goal.; "he lived without a reason progressing toward no-goal" |
| ~ aim, intent, intention, purpose, design | an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" |
| ~ intention | (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal.; "his intentions are entirely honorable" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. end | a final part or section.; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| n. (state) | 5. death, destruction, end | a final state.; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| n. (location) | 6. end | the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object.; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'" |
| ~ surface | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" |
| n. (person) | 7. end | (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage.; "the end managed to hold onto the pass" |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
| ~ lineman | one of the players on the line of scrimmage. |
| ~ split end | (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen. |
| ~ tight end | (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle. |
| n. (location) | 8. end | a boundary marking the extremities of something.; "the end of town" |
| ~ boundary, bounds, bound | the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something. |
| n. (location) | 9. end | one of two places from which people are communicating to each other.; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time" |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| n. (act) | 10. end | the part you are expected to play.; "he held up his end" |
| ~ contribution, share, part | the part played by a person in bringing about a result.; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. end, oddment, remainder, remnant | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold. |
| ~ fag end | the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope. |
| ~ piece of cloth, piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric. |
| n. (act) | 12. end | (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage.; "no one wanted to play end" |
| ~ lineman | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage. |
| ~ football team, eleven | a team that plays football. |
| v. (stative) | 13. cease, end, finish, stop, terminate | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| ~ pass away | go out of existence.; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away" |
| ~ lapse | end, at least for a long time.; "The correspondence lapsed" |
| ~ cut out | cease operating.; "The pump suddenly cut out" |
| ~ go out | become extinguished.; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark" |
| ~ adjourn, recess, break up | close at the end of a session.; "The court adjourned" |
| ~ disappear, vanish | cease to exist.; "An entire civilization vanished" |
| ~ climax, culminate | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" |
| ~ run out | become used up; be exhausted.; "Our supplies finally ran out" |
| ~ run low, run short, go | to be spent or finished.; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | become invisible or unnoticeable.; "The effect vanished when day broke" |
| ~ conclude, close | come to a close.; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" |
| ~ come out, turn out | result or end.; "How will the game turn out?" |
| ~ discontinue | come to or be at an end.; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" |
| ~ break | come to an end.; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" |
| v. (change) | 14. end, terminate | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ close out | terminate.; "We closed out our account" |
| ~ finish | cause to finish a relationship with somebody.; "That finished me with Mary" |
| ~ abort | terminate before completion.; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer" |
| ~ culminate | bring to a head or to the highest point.; "Seurat culminated pointillism" |
| ~ lift, raise | put an end to.; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" |
| ~ ax, axe | terminate.; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it" |
| ~ stamp out, kill | end or extinguish by forceful means.; "Stamp out poverty!" |
| ~ dissolve, break up | come to an end.; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" |
| ~ dissolve, break up | bring the association of to an end or cause to break up.; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" |
| ~ break off, discontinue, stop, break | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| ~ break, interrupt | terminate.; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" |
| ~ crush out, press out, stub out, extinguish | extinguish by crushing.; "stub out your cigar" |
| ~ finalise, finalize, nail down, settle | make final; put the last touches on; put into final form.; "let's finalize the proposal" |
| ~ complete, finish | come or bring to a finish or an end.; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" |
| ~ closure, cloture | terminate debate by calling for a vote.; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" |
| ~ resolve, adjudicate, decide, settle | bring to an end; settle conclusively.; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" |
| ~ conclude | bring to a close.; "The committee concluded the meeting" |
| ~ close | complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement.; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building" |
| ~ phase out | terminate gradually. |
| ~ close | finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.).; "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (stative) | 15. end, terminate | be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.; "This sad scene ended the movie" |
| ~ close | cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (creation) | 16. end | put an end to.; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| terminate | | |
| v. (social) | 1. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| ~ retire | make (someone) retire.; "The director was retired after the scandal" |
| ~ pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension.; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" |
| ~ clean out | force out.; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" |
| ~ furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons.; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" |
| ~ squeeze out | force out.; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" |
| ~ remove | remove from a position or an office. |
| ~ send away, send packing, dismiss, drop | stop associating with.; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" |
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