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end-pref. Variant of endo-.end- combining form a variant of endo- end (ɛnd)
n. 1. the last part, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide: the end of a rope. 2. a point that indicates the full extent of something; limit; bounds. 3. a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity: the west end of town. 4. the most remote place or point. 5. termination; conclusion. 6. the concluding part. 7. an intention or aim: to gain one's ends. 8. the object for which a thing exists; purpose. 9. an outcome or result. 10. termination of existence; death. 11. destruction or ruin, or a cause of this. 12. a remnant or fragment. 13. a share or part. 14. a warp thread running vertically and interlaced with the filling yarn in the woven fabric. 15. either of the linemen in football stationed farthest from the center. 16. a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling. 17. the end, Slang. someone or something incredibly good or bad; the limit. v.t. 18. to bring to an end; conclude; terminate. 19. to form the end of. 20. to kill. 21. to surpass or epitomize (usu. in the infinitive): the blunder to end all blunders. v.i. 22. to come to an end; cease. 23. to result (usu. fol. by in). 24. to reach a final status or condition (often fol. by up). adj. 25. final or ultimate: the end result. Idioms: 1. end to end, in a row with ends touching. 2. go off the deep end, a. to lose emotional control; become overwrought. b. to act in a reckless or impulsive manner. 3. make (both) ends meet, to live within one's means. 4. no end, very much or many: to be pleased no end by the response. 5. on end, a. with one end down; upright. b. continuously. [before 900; Middle English, Old English ende, c. Old Frisian enda, Old Saxon endi, Old High German anti, Old Norse endi(r), Gothic andeis end < Germanic *anthjá-] end′er, n. end- var. of endo- before a vowel: endameba. end. endorsed. EncyclopediaSeeendo-end-
end(o)- word element [Gr.], within; inward.en·do- , end- (en'dō, end), Prefixes indicating within, inner, absorbing, or containing.
See also: ento-. [G. endon, within] endo- , end-Prefixes indicating within, inner, absorbing, or containing.
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