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ending

[ en-ding ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

ending

/ ˈɛndɪŋ /

Origin of ending¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English endyng, Old English endung; equivalent to end ¹ + -ing ¹

For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

And more than that—the world is ending because of the changes that many of us see as positive.

The blast was so strong,” he said, “we thought the world was ending.

Why is the ‘Kroll Show’ ending its hilarious run after only three seasons?

Later, as I was writing the book, I discovered the power of another reason for ending my book, basically, in 1978.

My station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.

Certainly there are no five miles equal in rugged grandeur to those beginning just below and ending above West Point.

In the operations ending in Ulm the second corps formed part of the left wing.

From an active state of resistance the ego traversed a descending curve ending in absolute passivity.

This is the proper ending to every demand for an encore in “Le Grillon,” and it never fails to bring one.

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