Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of end
"After dropping off my groceries, I walked through our ends before heading back inside."
The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
In plain English: Ends are the final points or results of something.
"The road ends at the small town."
Usage: Use "ends" to refer to distant neighborhoods or outlying parts of a town, often implying they are far from the city center or main areas. This term typically appears in phrases like "the ends of the earth" or when describing remote sections of a specific community.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of end
"She ends her speech by thanking everyone for coming."
In plain English: To end something means to make it stop happening or to finish it completely.
"The meeting will end at five o'clock."
Usage: Use "ends" when describing the action of something coming to a conclusion or stopping in the present tense, such as saying the meeting ends at five. Do not confuse this with the noun meaning of extremities or final parts, which remains unchanged in plural form.
Ends comes from Old English end, originally meaning "limit" or "boundary." It derives from the Proto-Germanic root endan, signifying a termination point.