ending

Plural: endings

Noun

• The final part of something; a conclusion or termination.
• the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
  • "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
• the act of ending something
• the point in time at which something ends
  • "the ending of warranty period"
• event whose occurrence ends something
  • "his death marked the ending of an era"
• the last section of a communication
• A termination or conclusion.
• The last part of something.
• The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").

Verb

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
• bring to an end or halt
• be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
• put an end to
• present participle and gerund of end

Examples

• Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
• The book has a happy ending.
• The film has an unexpected ending.
• The Words With Friends game’s ending was dramatic, decided by a single letter.

Synonyms

cease, close, closing, conclusion, end, finish, stop, terminate, termination, finale, suffix

Antonyms

begin, beginning, middle