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Definition end in British English

end noun

[countable] noun
/end/

People often confuse the phrases at the end and in the end.

In the end is similar to finally or eventually. Use it when you are saying what happens finally, after everything has been thought about or discussed:

✗ He had promised to share his prize, but at the end he didn’t.

✓ He had promised to share his prize, but in the end he didn’t.

In an ideal world, teenagers would talk openly to their parents who would in the end respect their child’s decision.

At the end means in the final part of an event or period of time, and it is mainly used in the pattern at the end of.

Remember to say goodbye and thank-you at the end of the interview.

The band arrives back in London today, at the end of a 20-day, 19-concert, European tour.

1

the final part of a period of time

Example

You're going on holiday at the end of this month, aren't you?

Example

The work should be completed by the end of the year.

Example

It was only at the very end of the 19th century that this practice was abolished.

Synonyms and related words
end ending finish
1.1

the final part of something such as a book, film, or piece of music

Example

You don't really know what it's all about until the end.

Synonyms and related words
end ending finish
1.2

the time when a situation, event, or series of events stops

Example

Are you going to stay till the end of the game?

Example

This agreement could mean the end of the nuclear threat.

Example

At the end of the war the government made many promises for a better future.

Example

Astrologers have been predicting the end of the world ever since the Middle Ages.

Example

We want to put an end to discrimination.

Example

There is still no end in sight to the slaughter and the suffering.

Synonyms and related words
end ending finish
2

the place that is furthest away from the centre of a long area or object

Example

She jumped in the pool at the deep end.

Example

Take hold of both ends of the rope.

Example

The only door was situated at the end of the corridor.

Example

They live at the far end of our street.

Synonyms and related words
apex back back end
2.1

one of the two halves of the area where a sports game is played

Synonyms and related words
all-seater the area AstroTurf
3

the reason for a particular action or the result you want to achieve

Example

He could have achieved his ends by peaceful means.

Example

The government manipulates economic data for political ends.

Example

She used people for her own ends.

Synonyms and related words
reason excuse point
4

the part that you have in an activity or situation

Example

From our end the situation looks pretty suspicious.

Example

Kate is more involved in the research end of things.

Example

I've kept my end of the bargain (=done what I promised), but he hasn't kept his.

Synonyms and related words
involvement participation intervention
Example

I'll be there to pick you up in the car at the other end.

Example

They kept me waiting on the end of the line all afternoon.

Example

It sounds a bit crackly at this end.

6

someone's death

Example

a peaceful end

Synonyms and related words
morbidity death mortality
7

used in the names of some districts of cities

Example

I was brought up in the East End of London.

Synonyms and related words
agora area armpit
8

to end purposefully, to work to good advantage

Example

The difficult situations lead to good ends with my strenuous effort.

Definition end in British English

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