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Ending

//ˈɛndɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A termination or conclusion.
  2. 2
    the act of ending something wordnet
  3. 3
    The last part of something.

    "The book has a happy ending."

  4. 4
    the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) wordnet
  5. 5
    The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").

    "Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person."

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  1. 6
    the last section of a communication wordnet
  2. 7
    event whose occurrence ends something wordnet
  3. 8
    the point in time at which something ends wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of end form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end + -ing.

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