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End

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

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Manner of action 32

Abort 76% connected

To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

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Adjourn 76% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

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Adjudicate 76% connected

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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Ax 76% connected

Alt. of Axe

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Axe 76% connected

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wield…

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Climax 76% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Closure 76% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Cloture 76% connected

See Closure, 5.

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Complete 76% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Conclude 76% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Culminate 76% connected

To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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Decide 76% connected

To cut off; to separate.

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Disappear 76% connected

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the appr…

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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Dissolve 76% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Interrupt 76% connected

To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Lapse 76% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Recess 76% connected

A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Vanish 76% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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Narrower term 41

Aim 76% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Anticlimax 76% connected

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

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Bathos 76% connected

A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

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Bourn 76% connected

Alt. of Bourne

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Bourne 76% connected

A stream or rivulet; a burn.

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Coda 76% connected

A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Death 76% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Demise 76% connected

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal author…

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Destination 76% connected

The act of destining or appointing.

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Dying 76% connected

of Die

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End-all 76% connected

Complete termination.

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Epilogue 76% connected

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

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Expiration 76% connected

The act of expiring

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Expiry 76% connected

Expiration.

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Finale 76% connected

Close; termination

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Finis 76% connected

An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Goal 76% connected

The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race…

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Heel 76% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Intent 76% connected

Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

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Intention 76% connected

A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

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Last 76% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Objective 76% connected

Of or pertaining to an object.

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Passing 76% connected

of Pass

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Peroration 76% connected

The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Pole 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

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Purpose 76% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Target 76% connected

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Terminus 76% connected

Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Yardarm 76% connected

Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Contribution 76% connected

The act of contributing.

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Destroy 76% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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Destruct 76% connected

To destroy.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Extremity 76% connected

The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Lineman 76% connected

One who carries the line in surveying, etc.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Share 76% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Subdivision 76% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Closing 74% connected

of Close

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Closing 74% connected

of Close

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Conclude 74% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Conclude 74% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Conclusion 74% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Conclusion 74% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Death 74% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Death 74% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Die 74% connected

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Die 74% connected

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Ending 74% connected

of End

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Ending 74% connected

of End

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Causes 4

Cease 72% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Finish 72% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Stop 72% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Terminate 72% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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Containing whole 5

Address 70% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Narration 70% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Recital 70% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Speech 70% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Yarn 70% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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Eleven 70% connected

Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

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Synonym 15

Cease 92% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Close 92% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Closing 92% connected

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Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Death 92% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Destruction 92% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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Ending 92% connected

of End

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Finish 92% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Goal 92% connected

The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race…

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Last 92% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Remainder 92% connected

Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Remnant 92% connected

Remaining; yet left.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stop 92% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Terminal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Terminate 92% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Near synonym 6

Finish 92% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

general 78% interchangeable

Finish overlaps with end, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Conclude 90% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

general 74% interchangeable

Conclude overlaps with end, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Terminate 88% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

general 70% interchangeable

Terminate overlaps with end, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Cease 86% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

general 66% interchangeable

Cease overlaps with end, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Complete 84% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

general 62% interchangeable

Complete overlaps with end, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Close 82% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

general 58% interchangeable

Close overlaps with end, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Formal equivalent 3

Conclude 88% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

process 68% interchangeable more formal

Conclude is a formal way to describe bringing something to an end.

End the meeting. / Conclude the meeting.
Terminate 86% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

contractual 44% interchangeable more formal stronger

Terminate is formal and can imply deliberate or contractual ending.

End the agreement. / Terminate the agreement.
Cease 84% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

activity 52% interchangeable more formal stronger

Cease means stop an activity or state, often formally.

End operations. / Cease operations.

Antonym 6

Begin 94% connected

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Begin 94% connected

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Middle 94% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Middle 94% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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