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/ɛnd/
/iːnd/
/ɪnd/ pin pen merger

Sounds like Ind (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛnd, -ɪnd

Where it comes from

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”).

Cognates

Cognate with Yola een, eene (“end”), Saterland Frisian Eend, Eende (“end”), West Frisian ein (“end”), Alemannic German End, Endi (“end”), Central Franconian Eng, Enk (“end”), Cimbrian énte (“end”), Dutch eind, einde, end (“end”), German Ende (“end”), Luxembourgish Enn (“end”), Vilamovian end, ent (“end”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ende (“end”), Faroese endi (“end”), Icelandic endi, endir (“end”), Swedish ända, ände (“end”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis, “end”); also Irish éadan (“end; front”), Manx eddin (“face; front”), Scottish Gaelic aodann (“face; hillside”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposite”), Albanian anë (“brink; edge; facet; side”), Latvian no (“for; from”), Lithuanian nuo (“for; from”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian на (na, “on”), Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene na (“on”), Serbo-Croatian на, na (“on”), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd, “in the place, instead of”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “against; towards; upon”), Tocharian A ānt (“in front”), Tocharian B ānte (“in front of”), Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “boundary; border, edge; end, termination”). More at and and anti-.

The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.

noun ends · eend · ende

The terminal point of something in space or time. they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.
Share of joint responsibility. Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?
broadly The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. Is there no end to this madness?
broadly, often Death. He met a terrible end in the jungle.
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. Hold the string at both ends.
Result. O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come!
A purpose, goal, or aim. For what end should I toil?
One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. The Pavillion End
The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven […].
A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. odds and ends
A single warp thread. Wind a warp of 459 ends 3¾ yd long, following the warp color order in Figure 1.
in plural, slang Money. Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!

verb ends · ending · ended · eend · ende

ergative, intransitive To come to an end. Is this movie never going to end?
intransitive To conclude; to bring something to an end. The orchestra ended with a performance of Dvořák.
transitive To finish, terminate. The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

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noun Ends

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noun ENDs

abbreviation, acronym Acronym of equivalent narcotic depth.equivalent narcotic depth

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