noun
- a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close: Putting away the Christmas ornaments marked the ending of the season.
- the final or concluding part; conclusion: a story with a happy ending.
- death; destruction.
- Grammar. a morpheme, especially an inflection, at the end of a word, as -s in cuts.
- (not in technical use) any final word part, as the -ow of widow.
adjective
- having or seeming to have no end; interminable
noun
- the act of bringing to or reaching an end
- the last part of something, as a book, film, etc
- the final part of a word, esp a suffix
- chess another word for endgame
adj.1660s, from un- (1) “not” + present participle of end. n.“a coming to an end,” Old English endunge, verbal noun from end (v.).