ending

/'endiɳ/

Thân thiện

The book has a happy ending.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The final part or conclusion of something: "ending" refers to the point or section where something stops or finishes.
   • The termination or cessation of an event or state: "ending" can denote the event that causes something to conclude.
   • The final morpheme of a word: In linguistics, "ending" is the suffix or inflectional element added to the end of a word base.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The movie has a surprising ending.
  • The ending of the war brought peace to the region.
  • Many English verbs have an '-ed' ending for the past tense.

Advanced Usage

• "A happy ending": a conclusion to a story where the main characters achieve happiness or success.
  • Fairy tales often have a happy ending.
• "To bring something to an ending": to cause something to conclude.
  • The treaty brought the conflict to a peaceful ending.

Variants and Related Words

• End (n/v): The point where something stops; to bring something to a conclusion.
  • The end of the book was very sad.
• Endless (adj): Having or seeming to have no end.
  • The desert seemed endless.

Synonyms

• Conclusion: The end or finish of an event, process, or text.
• Termination: The action of bringing something or coming to an end.
• Finale: The last part of a piece of music, a performance, or a public event.

Related Phrases

• Ending credits: The list of the cast and crew shown at the end of a film or television program.
  • We stayed to watch the ending credits.
• Inflectional ending: A suffix that expresses a grammatical relationship, such as tense, number, or case.
  • The '-s' in 'cats' is an inflectional ending indicating plurality.

Related Idioms

• "All's well that ends well": A problematic situation that ends satisfactorily is considered good overall.
  • We had many difficulties, but all's well that ends well.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the last section of a communication
   • in conclusion I want to say...
2. event whose occurrence ends something
   • his death marked the ending of an era
   • when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show
3. the point in time at which something ends
   • the end of the year
   • the ending of warranty period
4. the act of ending something
   • the termination of the agreement
5. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
   • I don't like words that have -ism as an ending

Từ đồng nghĩa

• conclusion
• end
• close
• closing
• finish
• termination