'Ending' definitions:
Definition of 'ending'
From: WordNet
noun
The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" [syn: ending, termination]
noun
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion]
noun
The point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: end, ending] [ant: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time]
noun
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" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning]
noun
The last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending]
Definition of 'Ending'
From: GCIDE
- End \End\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ending.]
- 1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. "I shall end this strife." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To destroy; to put to death. "This sword hath ended him." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ending'
From: GCIDE
- Ending \End"ing\, n.
- 1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. [1913 Webster]
- Ending day, day of death. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ending'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annihilation,
- apodosis,
- arrest,
- bane,
- bell,
- biological death,
- capping,
- catastrophe,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- cessation of life,
- check,
- checkmate,
- clinical death,
- close,
- closing,
- coda,
- completing,
- completion,
- concluding,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- consummative,
- consummatory,
- crack of doom,
- crossing the bar,
- crowning,
- culminating,
- culmination,
- culminative,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- cutoff,
- dead stop,
- deadlock,
- death,
- death knell,
- debt of nature,
- decease,
- demise,
- denouement,
- departure,
- desistance,
- destination,
- destiny,
- dissolution,
- doom,
- dying,
- ebb of life,
- effect,
- end,
- end of life,
- end point,
- endgame,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- eternal rest,
- exit,
- expiration,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- fate,
- final solution,
- final summons,
- final twitch,
- final whistle,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finger of death,
- finis,
- finish,
- finishing,
- full development,
- full stop,
- goal,
- going,
- going off,
- grave,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- halt,
- hand of death,
- izzard,
- jaws of death,
- knell,
- last,
- last breath,
- last debt,
- last gasp,
- last muster,
- last rest,
- last roundup,
- last sleep,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- leaving life,
- lockout,
- loss of life,
- making an end,
- maturation,
- maturity,
- omega,
- parting,
- passing,
- passing away,
- passing over,
- payoff,
- perfecting,
- perfection,
- perfective,
- period,
- perishing,
- peroration,
- quietus,
- release,
- resolution,
- rest,
- resting place,
- reward,
- ripeness,
- rounding off,
- rounding out,
- sentence of death,
- shades of death,
- shadow of death,
- sit-down strike,
- sleep,
- somatic death,
- stalemate,
- stand,
- standoff,
- standstill,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- strike,
- summons of death,
- swan song,
- term,
- terminal,
- terminating,
- termination,
- terminus,
- topping off,
- walkout,
- windup,
- work stoppage,
- Z
Words containing 'Ending'
- An end,
- But end,
- End,
- End for end,
- End on,
- End-,
- Ended,
- In the end,
- Most an end,
- On end,
- To end up,
- To the end,
- be all and end all,
- end all,
- end up,
- no end,
- end-to-end,
- At loose ends,
- Bitter end,
- Butt end,
- By-end,
- Chump end,
- East End,
- End bulb,
- End fly,
- End man,
- End organ,
- End plate,
- End play,
- End stone,
- End-all,
- Ending day,
- Ends of the earth,
- Fore end,
- Gold end,
- Hearth ends,
- Hooding end,
- Rope's end,
- Stub end,
- Tail end,
- To be on her beam ends,
- To end in smoke,
- To put an end to,
- To the bitter end,
- Wax end,
- Waxed end,
- West End,
- World's end,
- back end,
- dead end,
- end corpuscles,
- end game,
- end matter,
- end of the world,
- end point,
- end product,
- end result,
- end run,
- end user,
- fag end,
- front end,
- gable end,
- hind end,
- inflectional ending,
- loose end,
- loose ends,
- means to an end,
- nerve end,
- nerve ending,
- never ending,
- odds and ends,
- rear end,
- scrag end,
- split end,
- sticky end,
- tag end,
- tight end,
- tone ending,
- East End, AR,
- Fag-end,
- Rope's-end,
- To have at one's fingers' ends,
- To make both ends meet,
- Week-end,
- West End, AL,
- West End, NY,
- World without end,
- be-all and end-all,
- beam-ends,
- box end wrench,
- bye-end,
- dead-end,
- end-plate,
- end-rhymed,
- end-stopped,
- end-user,
- free nerve ending,
- make ends meet,
- motor end plate,
- never-ending,
- open-ended,
- rear-end,
- war to end war,
- year-end,
- Gold-end man,
- closed-end fund,
- dead-end street,
- open-end credit,
- open-end fund,
- open-end wrench,
- West End-Cobb Town,
- closed-end investment company,
- open-end investment company,
- West End-Cobb Town, AL