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Endings

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end⋅ing

  [en-ding]
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–noun
1. a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close: Putting away the Christmas ornaments marked the ending of the season.
2. the final or concluding part; conclusion: a story with a happy ending.
3. death; destruction.
4. Grammar. a morpheme, esp. an inflection, at the end of a word, as -s in cuts.
5. (not in technical use) any final word part, as the -ow of widow.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME endyng, OE endung. See end 1 , -ing 1
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end·ing   (ěn'dĭng)   
n.  

  1. A conclusion or termination.

  2. A concluding part; a finale: a happy ending.

  3. Grammar The final morpheme added to a word base to make an inflectional form, such as -ed in walked.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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