ending
pronunciation
How to pronounce ending in British English:
UK [ˈendɪŋ]
How to pronounce ending in American English:
US [ˈendɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- the act of ending something
- the point in time at which something ends
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the last section of a communication
Word Origin
- ending (n.)
- "a coming to an end," early 14c., verbal noun from end (v.). Meaning "the end part (of something)" is from c. 1400. Old English had endunge "ending, end, death."
Example
- 1. Pay curbs appear to be ending .
- 2. The lib dems just wrote its natural ending .
- 3. The remarkable thing about this book is the ending .
- 4. They all help you to mourn an ending .
- 5. There may yet be a happy ending .