The end of something such as a period of time, an event, a book, or a film is the last part of it or the final point in it.

When a situation, process, or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it reaches its final point and stops.

An end to something or the end of it is the act or result of stopping it so that it does not continue any longer.

If you say that someone or something ends a period of time in a particular way, you are indicating what the final situation was like. You can also say that a period of time ends in a particular way.

If a period of time ends, it reaches its final point.

If something such as a book, speech, or performance ends with a particular thing or the writer or performer ends it with that thing, its final part consists of the thing mentioned.

If a situation or event ends in a particular way, it has that particular result.

The two ends of something long and narrow are the two points or parts of it that are furthest away from each other.

The end of a long, narrow object such as a finger or a pencil is the tip or smallest edge of it, usually the part that is furthest away from you.

If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part.

A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further.

End is used to refer to either of the two extreme points of a scale, or of something that you are considering as a scale.

The other end is one of two places that are connected because people are communicating with each other by telephone or writing, or are travelling from one place to the other.

If you refer to a particular end of a project or piece of work, you mean a part or aspect of it, for example a part of it that is done by a particular person or in a particular place.

An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working.

If you say that something ends at a particular point, you mean that it is applied or exists up to that point, and no further.

You can refer to someone's death as their end, especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die.

If you end by doing something or end in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.

If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.

If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate.

If something is at an end, it has finished and will not continue.

If something comes to an end, it stops.

You say at the end of the day when you are talking about what happens after a long series of events or what appears to be the case after you have considered the relevant facts.

If you say that someone has gone off the deep end, you mean that their mind has stopped working in a normal way and their behaviour has become very strange as a result.

If you are thrown in at the deep end, you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation. If you jump in at the deep end, you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation.

If you do something to the bitter end or to the very end, you continue to do it for as long as you can, although it may be very unpleasant or dangerous.

You say in the end when you are saying what is the final result of a series of events, or what is your final conclusion after considering all the relevant facts.

If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else.

If you have to keep your end up, or to keep up your end of something, you have to do something as well as other people, or as well as you are expected to do it.

If you find it difficult to make ends meet, you can only just manage financially because you hardly have enough money for the things you need.

No end means a lot.

When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned.

Something that is on end is upright, instead of in its normal or natural position, for example lying down, flat, or on its longest side.

To put an end to something means to cause it to stop.

If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further.

If you say that something will happen or be true until the end of time or to the end of time, you are emphasizing that it will always happen or always be true.

If you say that something bad is not the end of the world, you are trying to stop yourself or someone else being so upset by it, by suggesting that it is not the worst thing that could happen.