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(n)
Of a book or other work: the end.
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The end, finish, close or last part of something.
The end or final point of something.
The terminal point of something in space or time.
(v)
(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
(adj)
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
(formal, intransitive) To stop.
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
(intransitive, copulative) To end up; to arrive or result.
(ambitransitive) To consume completely.
A thin outer layer.
the temporal end; the concluding time
(especially in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.
(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
Finished; ended; concluded.
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
A termination or conclusion.
Finishing; closing; final.
Coming to an end.
(transitive) To make final or firm; to finish or complete.
Having completed or finished an activity.
Finished.
Alternative form of finalisation. [The act or process of finalising.]
(sports) The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
(transitive) To finish successfully.
(British, New Zealand, Australia) End; termination; expiration.
Away, having left.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.
The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
The act by which something is closed.
(intransitive) To cease moving.
A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
An act, process, or instance of expiring.
(transitive) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
To issue, distribute, or give out.
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
(intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.
(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
Near the end of a period of time.
To finish again; especially, to apply a fresh finish, as a new coat of varnish or paint.
The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
(countable) A command.
(intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
(slang) Money.
(boxing) A boxing match.
(by extension, countable, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
(Canada, US, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
The quality of being a craftsman.
(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
British standard spelling of fulfill.
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of finalize. [(transitive) To make final or firm; to finish or complete.]
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
(ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
(ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
having come or been brought to a conclusion
(N)
a studio album released in 2004 by Chris Tomlin.
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
Finns or Finnish people are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland.
a Spanish confectionery company founded in 1971 by Manuel Sánchez Cano in Murcia, Spain.
A surname from Maltese.
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To conclude or finish completely.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(mathematics, transitive, intransitive) To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits.
To conclude or resolve (something):
A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
(transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
The beginning of an activity.
The act of something that starts.
Not finished.
(uncountable) Employment.