🧩 end

Doing · chosen synonyms, sense by sense

verbto finish; bring to a close

finishstopconcludeterminatecloseceasewrap upwind up

Cease is formal and abrupt; terminate is legal or mechanical; wrap up is the friendly last hour of it all.

nounthe final part; the purpose

finishcloseconclusionendinggoalobjective

The two senses meet in "the end of the road" and "means to an end" — one is a place, the other a purpose.

The other end: beginstart

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