ending
- 01 A2 Elementary
the final part of a book, movie, or event.
the terminal part or conclusion of a narrative, performance, or sequence of events.
Simple“I didn't like the ending of the movie because it was too sad.”
In context“The novel's ambiguous ending left readers debating the protagonist's ultimate fate for years after its publication.”
- 02 B1 Intermediate
the letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammar.
an inflectional or derivational morpheme added to the end of a word base.
Simple“In English, the '-ed' ending usually shows that an action happened in the past.”
In context“Learners often struggle with the irregular plural endings of Latin-derived nouns in academic English.”
UsageCommonly used when discussing verb conjugations or plural forms.
SynonymsAntonyms
Usage ending the war
From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.