ending
A termination or conclusion.
Noun 3 meanings
A termination or conclusion.
The last part of something.
“The book has a happy ending.”
The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
“Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.”
Etymology
From Middle English endynge, endyng, endinge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
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ENDING at a glance
ENDING has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (E 1 + N 1 + D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,056 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ending
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- ELDING8
- ONDING8
- ENRING7
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