1. (

• ending ,
• termination

) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" ;

2. (

• termination ,
• ending ,
• conclusion

) the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" ;

3. (

• end ,
• ending

) the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" ;

4. (

• ending ,
• conclusion ,
• finish ,

) event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" ;

5. (

• conclusion ,
• end ,
• close ,
• closing ,
• ending ,

) the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." ;

1. (

• end ,
• stop ,
• finish ,
• terminate ,
• cease ,

) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" ;

2. (

• end ,
• terminate ,

) bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" ;

3. (

• end ,
• terminate ,

) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" ;

4. (

• end ,

) put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived" ;