| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | completion, stop |
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accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, target, termination, terminus, upshot, windup, wrap-up |
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beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
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adieu, death, demise, departure, egress, egression, evacuation, exodus, expiration, expiry, farewell, going, goodbye, leave-taking, offgoing, retirement, retreat, stampede, withdrawal |
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arrival, arriving, coming, entering, entrance |
| Main Entry: | expiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finish, demise |
Synonyms: |
cessation, close, closing, conclusion, death, decease, departure, dying, elapsing, end, expiry, going, passing, termination, terminus |
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beginning, birth, commencement, inception, start |
| Main Entry: | termination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
abortion, ballgame, cease, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, curtains, cut-off, desistance, discontinuation, effect, end of the line, ending, expiry, finale, finis, finish, issue, kiss-off, outcome, payoff, period, result, stop, terminus, windup, wrap-up |
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beginning, initiation, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | stopping point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, end of the line, ending, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, period, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, stop, target, termination, terminus, upshot, wind-up, windup, wrap-up |
| Main Entry: | terminus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, end of the line, ending, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, period, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, stop, stopping point, target, termination, upshot, wind-up, windup, wrap-up |
| Notes: | a terminus is simply the end or conclusion of something, but a terminal is a structure or installation erected at a terminus |
| Concept: | End. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
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-nouns
end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail (rear); verge (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard., consummation, denouement; finish (completion); fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination; death; end of all things; finality; eschatology., break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace, deathblow; knock-out, knock-out blow; sockdolager [U.S.].
-verbs
end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come to a close, draw to a close; have run its course; run out, pass away., bring to an end; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve (complete); stop (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.
-adjectives
ending; final, terminal, definitive; crowning (completing); last, ultimate; hindermost; rear; caudal; vergent., conterminate, conterminous, conterminable., ended; at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive., penultimate; last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced; fresh.
-adverbs
finally; in fine; at the last; once for all.
-phrases
"as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont & Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; finem respice; ultimus
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beginning |
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