Meaning of 'end'

noun

(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage

Example: "no one wanted to play end"

Synonyms: tackle

noun

the part you are expected to play

Example: "They held up their end of the bargain."

noun

a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

Synonyms: oddment remainder remnant

noun

a final part or section

Example: "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"

noun

the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

Example: "the ends justify the means"

Synonyms: goal

noun

the last section of a communication

Synonyms: conclusion

noun

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

Example: "the end was exciting"

Synonyms: last final stage

noun

a boundary marking the extremities of something

Example: "the end of town"

noun

either extremity of something that has length

Example: "the end of the pier"

Synonyms: terminal

noun

the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object

Example: "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"

noun

one of two places from which people are communicating to each other

Example: "the phone rang at the other end"

noun

(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage

Example: "the end managed to hold onto the pass"

noun

a final state

Example: "After a life of misdeeds, they came to a bad end."

Synonyms: destruction

noun

the point in time at which something ends

Example: "the end of the year"

Synonyms: ending

verb

bring to an end or halt

Example: "They ended our friendship when they found out that we had once been convicted of a crime."

Synonyms: terminate

verb

put an end to

Example: "The terrible news ended our hopes that there were survivors."

Synonyms: lift

verb

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

Synonyms: finish

verb

be the end of

Synonyms: terminate