ended

ended
ended “finished, completed,” 1590s, pp. adj. from -END (Cf. -end).

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  • ended — ended; un·ended; …   English syllables

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  • endedæg — endedæg2 m ( es/ dagas) last day, day of one s death; the day when the end comes; …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • Ended — End End, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ending}.] 1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. I shall end this strife. Shak. [1913 Webster] On the seventh day God ended his work. Gen …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ended — See end, ending, ended …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • ended — adjective having come or been brought to a conclusion the harvesting was complete the affair is over, ended, finished the abruptly terminated interview • Syn: ↑complete, ↑concluded, ↑over, ↑all over, ↑terminated …   Useful english dictionary

  • ended well — ended in the best possible manner, was settled in a nice way …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ended — adjective see end I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ended — Synonyms and related words: SOL, all bets off, all off, all over, all up, at an end, canceled, cleaned up, complete, completed, concluded, dead, decided, defunct, deleted, done, done for, done with, down, expunged, extinct, fini, finished,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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