ENDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ending mean? 

• ENDING (noun)
  The noun ENDING has 5 senses:

1. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
2. the act of ending something
3. the point in time at which something ends
4. event whose occurrence ends something
5. the last section of a communication

  Familiarity information: ENDING used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDING (noun)

Meaning:

The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ending; termination

Context example:

I don't like words that have -ism as an ending

Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):

morpheme (minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):

postfix; suffix (an affix that is added at the end of the word)

inflectional ending; inflectional suffix (an inflection that is added at the end of a root word)

Meaning:

The act of ending something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ending; termination; conclusion

Context example:

the termination of the agreement

Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):

abort (the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed)

abolishment; abolition (the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery))

liquidation; settlement (termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities)

drug withdrawal; withdrawal (the termination of drug taking)

closedown; closing; closure; shutdown (termination of operations)

extinction; extinguishing; quenching (the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning)

disappearance; fade (gradually ceasing to be visible)

abortion (termination of pregnancy)

deactivation; defusing (the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb))

discontinuance; discontinuation (the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent))

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

demonetisation; demonetization (ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country)

release; tone ending ((music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone)

closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup (a concluding action)

retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)

relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)

breakup; dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))

overthrow (the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force))

adjournment; dissolution (the termination of a meeting)

discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))

Meaning:

The point in time at which something ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

end; ending

Context examples:

the end of the year / the ending of warranty period

Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):

point; point in time (an instant of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):

expiration; expiry; termination (a coming to an end of a contract period)

last gasp (the point of death or exhaustion or completion)

fag end; tail; tail end (the time of the last part of something)

cease (('cease' is a noun only in the phrase 'without cease') end)

close; conclusion; finale; finis; finish; last; stopping point (the temporal end; the concluding time)

year-end (the end of a calendar year)

period (the end or completion of something)

death; demise; dying (the time when something ends)

death; last (the time at which life ends; continuing until dead)

limit; terminal point; terminus ad quem (final or latest limiting point)

Meaning:

Event whose occurrence ends something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

conclusion; ending; finish

Context examples:

his death marked the ending of an era / when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show

Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):

defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)

halt; stop (the event of something ending)

omega; Z (the ending of a series or sequence)

demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)

foregone conclusion; matter of course (an inevitable ending)

final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)

end; final stage; last (the concluding parts of an event or occurrence)

Antonym:

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

Meaning:

The last section of a communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

close; closing; ending; conclusion; end

Context example:

in conclusion I want to say...

Hypernyms ("ending" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ending"):

coda; finale (the closing section of a musical composition)

peroration ((rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration)

epilog; epilogue (a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play)

epilog; epilogue (a short passage added at the end of a literary work)

anticlimax; bathos (a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one)

Holonyms ("ending" is a part of...):

narration; recital; yarn (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events)

address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)