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Webster 1913 Edition


Ending

End′ing

,
Noun.
1.
Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.
2.
(Gram.)
The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d
Case
, 5.
Ending day
,
day of death.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ending

END'ING

,
ppr.
[from end.] Terminating; closing; concluding.

END'ING

,
Noun.
Termination; conclusion.
1.
In grammar, the terminating syllable or letter of a word.

Definition 2024


ending

ending

See also: @ending

English

Verb

ending

  1. present participle of end

Noun

ending (plural endings)

  1. A termination or conclusion.
  2. The last part of something.
  3. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

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Icelandic

Etymology

From enda (to end) + -ing.

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

  1. end, ending
  2. durability
  3. (grammar) ending, suffix

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ende + -ing

Noun

ending f, m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

  1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende + -ing

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

  1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

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