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end·ing

   [en-ding]
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, especially 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:
before 1000; Middle English endyng, Old English endung. See end1, -ing1

Related forms
un·end·ing, adjective
un·end·ing·ly, adverb
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ending
O.E. endunge (see end).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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