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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.
END'ING
,Noun.
1.
In grammar, the terminating syllable or letter of a word.Definition 2024
ending
ending
See also: @ending
English
Verb
ending
- present participle of end
Noun
ending (plural endings)
- A termination or conclusion.
- The last part of something.
- (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").
Synonyms
- (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
- (last part of something): end, finale
- (grammar): termination, suffix
Translations
termination or conclusion
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last part of something
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grammar: last morpheme of a word — see termination
Phrases
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
From enda (“to end”) + -ing.
Noun
ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)
Declension
declension of ending