[en-ding] 
| 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. |
| un·end·ing (ŭn-ěn'dĭng) adj. Being or seeming to be without an end or limit; boundless. un·end'ing·ly adv. |
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