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

un·end·ing, adjective
un·end·ing·ly, adverb
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ending (ˈɛndɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the act of bringing to or reaching an end
2.  the last part of something, as a book, film, etc
3.  the final part of a word, esp a suffix
4.  chess another word for endgame

unending (ʌnˈɛndɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
having or seeming to have no end; interminable

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Word Origin & History

ending
O.E. endunge (see end).
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Example sentences
Only the loss of countless lives and heaps of money spent on this unending war
  on terror.
It's a rare happy story in the unending beat of extinctions.
The key to genuine shared governance is broad and unending communication.
It resulted in an unwanted national calamity that was accompanied by unending
  personal tragedies.
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