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endnoun the stopping of a process or activitythe end of hostilities brought general rejoicing arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination mop-up, phaseoutabeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension continuance, continuation extension, persistence, prolongation a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot goI'm at the end of my patience with these little brats bound, boundary, cap, ceiling, confines, extent, limit, limitation, line, termination extremity, fag end, terminusborder, brim, edge, margin, rim, vergeoutsidebar, barrier, fence, hedge, restraint, stop, wall an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or valuea couple of ends of wallpaper were all that was left after we finished papering the room fag end, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, scrap, stub leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuse, remains, residual, residue, scraping(s), stump, vestigebalance, restchip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinterribbon(s), shred, tatter whole something that one hopes or intends to accomplishin this case the ends definitely do not justify the means aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne(also bourn), design, dream, goal, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing grail, holy grailplot, project, schemedesire, hope, mind, wishnirvanadestination, terminus name of the game means, method, way the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrowa child's pair of scissors with blunt ends apex, cusp, nib, nose, pike, point, tip pinpointprong, tinebarb, jag, prickle, snag, spike, sticker the last part of a process or actionthe war wasn't yet over, but we were definitely at the beginning of the end capper, close, closing, conclusion, consummation, endgame, ending, finale, finis, finish, grand finale, homestretch, mop-up, windup, wrap-up acme, apex, capstone, climax, copestone, coup de grâce(or coup de grace), crescendo, crown, culmination, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenithaftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue(also epilog), postscriptshank, tag end, tail end baseline, beginning, dawn, day one, nascence, nascency, opening, start foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prologue(also prolog) the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of somethingthe ends of his shirt cuffs were badly frayed border, borderline, bound, boundary, brim, circumference, compass, confines, edge, edging, frame, fringe, hem, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, skirting, verge ambitbrink, crest, curb, cusp, lipceiling, maximumdemarcation, extent, limitation, measure, mere, restriction, terminationborderland, frontier, march, outskirts, pale, selvagelapshore center, core, heartinner, inside, interior, middle, within the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activitiesHenry Hudson and eight others were set adrift in the bay in a small boat, and how they met their end is unknown curtains, death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep casualty, fatalitymartyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicideannihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruinassassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter birth, nativity existence, lifecreation, genesis, origination, rise something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a groupkeep up your end of the bargain allotment, allowance, cut, part, piece, portion, proportion, quota, share, slice, take lot, rationcommission, percentagemember, partition, section, segment piece of the action aggregate, composite, compound, pool, sum, total, totalitywhole to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping pointlet's end the meeting with a short prayer close, close out, complete, conclude, finish, round (off or out), terminate, wind up, wrap up climax, crownconsummate, perfecthalt, stop, suspend put paid to(chiefly British), ring down the curtain (on) begin, commence, inaugurate, open, start to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate endunfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other break, break off, break up, can(slang), cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, give over, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop complete, conclude, finishclose (down)deactivateblock, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stemcall, suspendarrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn backpause, stay, suspendabolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuff have done with, put the kibosh on carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run onadvance, proceed, progressactuate, drive, impel, propel, stir to come to an enda book so good that you hate to see it end break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out) desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)give over(British), knock off, pack (up or in)break down, conk (out), cut out, stallpause, stay, suspendabate, peter (out), wind down bite the dust continue, hang on, persist draw out, extend, prolong, protract to stop livinga great general, who ended on the field of battle check out, conk (out), croak(slang), decease, demise, depart, die, drop, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in(slang), kick off(slang), part, pass (on), pass away, peg out(chiefly British), perish, pop off, step out, succumb predeceaseconsume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail bite the dust, buy it(or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket, snuff it(British) breathe, live come to, revivelingerbe, exist, subsistflourish, prosper, thrive n.intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, end, object, objective, goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain.intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about.announced his intention to marry intent suggests clearer formulation or greater deliberateness.the clear intent of the statute purpose suggests a more settled determination.being successful was her purpose in life design implies a more carefully calculated plan.the order of events came by accident, not design aim adds to these implications of effort directed toward attaining or accomplishing.her aim was to raise film to an art form end stresses the intended effect of action often in distinction or contrast to the action or means as such.willing to use any means to achieve his end object may equal end but more often applies to a more individually determined wish or need.his constant object was the achievement of pleasure objective implies something tangible and immediately attainable.their objective is to seize the oil fields goal suggests something attained only by prolonged effort and hardship.worked years to reach her goals v.close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit.close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished.close a debate end conveys a strong sense of finality.ended his life conclude may imply a formal closing (as of a meeting).the service concluded with a blessing finish may stress completion of a final step in a process.after it is painted, the house will be finished complete implies the removal of all deficiencies or a successful finishing of what has been undertaken.the resolving of this last issue completes the agreement terminate implies the setting of a limit in time or space.your employment terminates after three months before the 12th century |