- end
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 furthest part of sthADJECTIVE▪ bottom, lower▪ top, upper▪ back, hind (esp. AmE), rear, tail (figurative)▪
I just caught the tail end of the movie.
▪ front▪ extreme, far, very▪That's his wife sitting at the far end of the table.
▪ opposite, other▪ round, square▪ pointed, sharp▪ cheap, low▪housebuyers at the cheap end of the market
▪ expensive, high▪ deep, shallow (of a swimming pool)▪The company believes in throwing new employees in at the deep end with no training. (figurative)
▪ free, loose▪Take the free end of the rope and pass it through the hole.
▪The author tied up all the loose ends of the story in the final chapter. (figurative)
▪ west, western, etc.▪the southern end of the lake
VERB + END▪ come to, get to, reach▪Continue until you reach the end of the street.
▪ block▪ grab, grasp, take hold of▪ join, tie▪Tie both ends of the string together.
▪ attach, connect▪ cut, trimEND + NOUN▪ part, piece, portion, section▪ table▪ panel, wall▪ zone (in American football)PREPOSITION▪ at the end▪Turn into Hope Street and our house is right at the end.
▪ on end▪Stand it on end (= upright).
PHRASES▪ at one end▪The rope was unfastened at one end.
▪ change ends▪The teams changed ends at half time.
▪ close to the end, near the end▪ end over end (AmE)▪The car was lifted up by the winds and tumbled end over end along the ground.
▪ end of the spectrum▪The two parties represent opposite ends of the political spectrum.
▪ end to end▪They arranged the tables end to end.
▪ from end to end▪The beach was filled from end to end with tanned bodies.
▪The famous Las Vegas Strip is about three miles from end to end.
▪ right at the end▪The bank is right at the end of the street.
▪ split ends▪You should have your hair trimmed every few weeks to get rid of split ends.
2 last part of sthADJECTIVE▪ abrupt, sudden▪ early, premature, untimely▪The injury brought her career to an early end.
▪ dramatic, tragic▪ inevitable▪ fitting▪The award was a fitting end to a distinguished career.
VERB + END▪ come to, get to, reach▪The meeting finally came to an end at six.
▪I'll never get to the end of this book!
▪ approach, draw to, near▪As the evening was drawing to an end, the firework display took place.
▪ bring (sth to), put▪Talks were in progress to bring an end to the fighting.
▪ call for, demand▪call for an end to the violence
▪ announce, declare▪ celebrate▪ mark, mean, signal, signify, spell▪ catch, see, watch▪I only caught the end of the game.
END + VERB▪ be in sight▪There's no end in sight to the present crisis.
END + NOUN▪ user▪ point▪ product, result▪The movie's backers were delighted with the end product.
▪ credits (= of a film/movie, etc.)PREPOSITION▪ at an end▪The proceedings are expected to be at an end by 6 p.m.
▪ at the end▪They get married at the end of the movie.
▪ by the end▪He wants the reports by the end of the month.
▪ in the end▪In the end, they decided to spend Christmas at home.
▪ to the end▪He won't win, but he'll keep fighting to the end.
▪ towards/toward the end▪I was getting bored towards/toward the end of the talk.
▪ till the end, until the end▪I'm staying until the end of this week.
▪ up to the end▪It stayed hot right up to the end of September.
▪ end to▪What the business community wants is an end to the recession.
PHRASES▪ at the very end, right at the end▪You don't know who the murderer is until right at the end of the book.
▪ from beginning to end▪His story was one big lie from beginning to end.
▪ the beginning of the end▪It wasn't the end of their marriage, but it was the beginning of the end.
▪ the end of an era▪Her death marks the end of an era.
▪ the end of the line, the end of the road (both figurative)▪The loss of this contract could signal the end of the line for the shipyard.
▪ to the bitter end, until the bitter end▪We will fight this case to the bitter end.
3 aim/purposeADJECTIVE▪ noble, worthwhile, worthy▪ desirable, desired▪ ultimate▪ destructive▪ practical, pragmatic▪ common▪Despite our differences, we were working to a common end.
▪ selfish▪ commercial, economic, ideological, political, social, utilitarianVERB + END▪ accomplish, achieve, attain▪She was prepared to lie in order to achieve her ends.
▪ further, pursue, work to▪ serve▪ becomePREPOSITION▪ to … ends▪The money might have been used to more worthy ends.
▪ to this end▪She wished to have a house built, and to this end she hired a local architect.
PHRASES▪ an end in itself▪For her, shopping had become an end in itself.
▪ a means to an end▪I don't enjoy studying computing—it's just a means to an end.
▪ the end justifies the means▪He defended a morality in which the end justifies the means.
▪ for your own ends, to your own ends▪She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends.
▪ with this end in view (= in order to achieve this)4 deathADJECTIVE▪ sad, tragic▪ bad, horrible, sticky (informal, esp. BrE), violent▪to come to a sticky (= unpleasant, but deserved) end
▪He was bound to meet a violent end one day.
▪ untimelyVERB + END▪ come to, meet (literary)▪He met his end at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
END + VERB▪ come▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The end came when he collapsed after playing golf.
verbADVERB▪ abruptly, suddenly▪The meeting ended abruptly when the chairman was called away.
▪ prematurely▪ at last, eventually, finally▪At last the war ended.
▪ all but, effectively, virtually▪A back injury effectively ended her career.
▪ inconclusively▪The peace talks have ended inconclusively.
▪ never▪We thought they'd never end.
▪ happily, peacefully, well▪ badly, disappointingly, unhappily▪ disastrously, tragically▪ quicklyPREPOSITION▪ in▪The attempt finally ended in failure.
▪ with▪The show ended with a song.
PHRASES▪ end in disaster▪The military action could end in disaster.
▪ end in tears (figurative)▪After all that excitement the day was bound to end in tears (= unhappily).
▪ end on a … note▪His speech ended on a positive note.
End is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑battle, ↑bombardment, ↑career, ↑century, ↑conference, ↑conflict, ↑conversation, ↑decade, ↑dynasty, ↑era, ↑exam, ↑exhibition, ↑fighting, ↑film, ↑friendship, ↑hostility, ↑index, ↑injury, ↑journey, ↑letter, ↑marriage, ↑meeting, ↑movie, ↑occupation, ↑period, ↑rally, ↑recession, ↑relationship, ↑resemblance, ↑romance, ↑run, ↑sale, ↑season, ↑semester, ↑session, ↑shift, ↑siege, ↑similarity, ↑story, ↑strike, ↑talk, ↑tenancy, ↑treaty, ↑war, ↑world, ↑yearEnd is used with these nouns as the object: ↑battle, ↑blockade, ↑bloodshed, ↑boycott, ↑call, ↑career, ↑chance, ↑charade, ↑conflict, ↑conscription, ↑contract, ↑controversy, ↑conversation, ↑corruption, ↑crisis, ↑cycle, ↑deadlock, ↑discrimination, ↑discussion, ↑dispute, ↑drought, ↑embargo, ↑engagement, ↑evening, ↑existence, ↑feud, ↑fighting, ↑friendship, ↑hope, ↑hostility, ↑hunger, ↑impasse, ↑isolation, ↑life, ↑litigation, ↑meeting, ↑misery, ↑monopoly, ↑occupation, ↑partnership, ↑period, ↑persecution, ↑poverty, ↑practice, ↑pregnancy, ↑proceedings, ↑racism, ↑rationing, ↑recession, ↑relationship, ↑run, ↑sanction, ↑season, ↑segregation, ↑sentence, ↑session, ↑siege, ↑slaughter, ↑slavery, ↑speculation, ↑stalemate, ↑stoppage, ↑streak, ↑strife, ↑strike, ↑struggle, ↑subsidy, ↑suffering, ↑talk, ↑tenure, ↑tyranny, ↑uncertainty, ↑violence, ↑war
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
