end

Significado

Noun

1. The terminal point of something in space or time.
2. The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
3. Death.
4. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
5. Result.
6. A purpose, goal, or aim.
7. One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
8. The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
9. A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
10. An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
11. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
12. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
13. (slang) Money.

Verb

1. To come to an end.
2. To conclude; to bring something to an end.
3. To finish, terminate.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɛnd/

Etimología

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos, from *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”).
See also Dutch einde, German Ende, Norwegian ende, Swedish ände; also Old Irish ét (“end, point”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Albanian anë (“side”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Sanskrit अन्त्य (antya, “last”). More at and and anti-.
The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.

Oraciones

Wait for the end of the war .

Espere el final de la guerra.

At the end the man tipped the wagon .

Al final, el hombre inclinó el carro.

It lies at the north end of Chestnut Ridge .

Se encuentra en el extremo norte de Chestnut Ridge.

They were fascinating stories: each of them lived out his destiny to the end .

Eran historias fascinantes: cada una de ellas vivió su destino hasta el final.

Vibhuti smeared across the forehead to the end of both eyebrows is called Tripundra.

Vibhuti manchado por la frente hasta el final de ambas cejas se llama Tripundra.