English noun: ending |
1. | ending (communication) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) |
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| Samples | I don't like words that have -ism as an ending.
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| Synonyms | termination |
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| Broader (hypernym) | morpheme |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | inflectional ending, inflectional suffix, postfix, suffix |
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2. | ending (act) the act of ending something |
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| Samples | The termination of the agreement.
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| Synonyms | conclusion, termination |
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| Broader (hypernym) | change of state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abolishment, abolition, abort, abortion, adjournment, breakup, closedown, closing, closing, closure, completion, culmination, deactivation, defusing, demonetisation, demonetization, destruction, devastation, disappearance, discharge, discontinuance, discontinuation, dismissal, dismission, dissolution, dissolution, drug withdrawal, extinction, extinguishing, fade, firing, kill, killing, liberation, liquidation, mop up, overthrow, putting to death, quenching, release, release, relinquishing, relinquishment, retirement, sack, sacking, settlement, shutdown, tone ending, windup, withdrawal |
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3. | ending (time) the point in time at which something ends |
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| Samples | The end of the year. The ending of warranty period.
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| Synonyms | end |
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| Broader (hypernym) | point, point in time |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cease, close, conclusion, death, death, demise, dying, expiration, expiry, fag end, finale, finis, finish, last, last, last gasp, limit, period, stopping point, tail, tail end, terminal point, termination, terminus ad quem, year-end |
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| Antonyms | commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, kickoff, start, first, middle |
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4. | ending (event) event whose occurrence ends something |
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| Samples | His death marked the ending of an era. When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show.
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| Synonyms | conclusion, finish |
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| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | defeat, demolition, destruction, end, final result, final stage, foregone conclusion, halt, last, licking, matter of course, omega, outcome, result, resultant, stop, termination, triumph, victory, wipeout, Z |
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| Antonyms | beginning |
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5. | ending (communication) the last section of a communication |
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| Samples | In conclusion I want to say....
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| Synonyms | close, closing, conclusion, end |
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| Broader (hypernym) | section, subdivision |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anticlimax, bathos, coda, epilog, epilog, epilogue, epilogue, finale, peroration |
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| Part meronym | address, narration, recital, speech, yarn |
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