a final part or section
"we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"
"Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
a final state
"he came to a bad end"
"the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
"one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
"the end managed to hold onto the pass"
one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
"the phone rang at the other end"
"both ends wrote at the same time"
the last section of a communication
"in conclusion I want to say..."
A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
"The summit marked the end of their three-day hiking trail."
The terminal point of something in space or time.
In plain English: An end is the final point where something stops or finishes.
"The end of the movie was very surprising."
Usage: Use end to refer to either the physical extremity of an object or the final moment when something concludes, such as the end of a movie or road. Avoid confusing it with finish, which describes the act of completing rather than the point itself.
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"
"Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"
"My property ends by the bushes"
"The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
to come to an end
"The concert came to an end after three hours of music."
The word "end" comes from Old English and originally meant "forehead" or "front." Its meaning shifted over time to refer to the final part of something.