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Type Words
Synonyms conclusion, finish
Type of natural event, occurrent, happening, occurrence
Has types result, outcome, defeat, victory, omega, demolition, end, matter of course, licking, last, final result, resultant, termination, wipeout, destruction, z, triumph, stop, halt, foregone conclusion
Derivation end


his death marked the ending of an era.
Type Words
Synonyms termination
Type of morpheme
Has types suffix, postfix, inflectional suffix, inflectional ending


I don't like words that have -ism as an ending.
Type Words
Synonyms conclusion, termination
Type of change of state
Has types dissolution, drug withdrawal, extinction, extinguishing, fade, closure, abolition, abort, abortion, adjournment, breakup, closedown, closing, abolishment, completion, culmination, deactivation, defusing, demonetisation, demonetization, destruction, devastation, disappearance, discharge, discontinuance, discontinuation, dismissal, dismission, firing, kill, killing, liberation, liquidation, mop up, overthrow, putting to death, quenching, release, relinquishing, relinquishment, retirement, sack, sacking, settlement, shutdown, tone ending, windup, withdrawal
Derivation end
Type Words
Synonyms close, closing, conclusion, end
Type of section, subdivision
Has types peroration, bathos, epilog, epilogue, coda, finale, anticlimax
Type Words
Synonyms end
Type of point in time, point
Has types cease, conclusion, year-end, death, terminus ad quem, close, finale, finis, finish, termination, fin de siecle, fag end, expiry, terminal point, tail end, period, tail, last, expiration, last gasp, stopping point, limit, demise, dying
Derivation end


the ending of warranty period.

Examples of ending

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A federal judge also sentenced him to three years probation, ending in May 2012.
From the dailyherald.com
It was a prime-time ending to a four-day manhunt around this quiet college town.
From the thenewstribune.com
Reyes walked the first batter he faced but induced an inning-ending double play.
From the bostonherald.com
The opening and ending minutes of the open house are usually crowded and rushed.
From the boston.com
Arrange the vegetables in alternating layers, starting and ending with potatoes.
From the sacbee.com
This tops the previous record of $1,127,032 for the week ending January 2, 2011.
From the bostonherald.com
He was limited to 48 games in 2010 and required season-ending abdominal surgery.
From the usatoday.com
Conditioning aid to the PA on ending incitement would be a great place to start.
From the washingtontimes.com
Bradford was ending a long rookie season after missing most of 2009 at Oklahoma.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
  • Termination: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
  • End: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
  • 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"
  • Conclusion: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
  • (ended) complete: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
  • In linguistics, a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. ...
  • (ENDS) An electronic cigarette, e-cigarette or personal vaporizer, is a battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine or non-nicotine vaporized solution. It is an alternative to smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. ...
  • Ends is a collection of science fiction stories and poems by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 1988 and as a companion volume to Dickson's Beginnings. ...