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Added 4 October 2026

end

/ɛnd/ symbol

In Latin: finis, terminus, termen Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Ende.

noun

The terminal point of something in space or time.
At the end of the garden there was a beautiful fountain.
Share of joint responsibility.
Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Is there no end to this madness?

verb

To come to an end.
Is this movie never going to end?
To conclude; to bring something to an end.
The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák.
To finish, terminate.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Origin

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”).

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