ending
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• noun
The final part or concluding section of a story, film, musical composition, or event.
"The novel had a surprising ending that none of the readers anticipated."
The act or process of bringing something to a termination or cessation.
"The sudden ending of their business partnership surprised everyone in the industry."
One or more letters or syllables added to the end of a base word or stem, especially to indicate grammatical inflection.
"In Latin, nouns change their case endings depending on their grammatical function in a sentence."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'end' refers broadly to any final point in time or space, 'ending' specifically denotes the concluding section of a narrative, performance, or inflected word.
• Rhymes for ending
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English endung ('a coming to an end, conclusion, death'), derived from endian ('to end') and the suffix -ung.