ended
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having come or been brought to a conclusion; finished; over: Describes a state where an action, event, process, or period has reached its final point and is no longer continuing.
Usage
- The word "ended" is used to describe something that has finished. It is typically placed after a linking verb (like , , ) or before a noun it modifies.
- It is the past participle form of the verb "end," but functions as an adjective in this context.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The meeting ended at five o'clock. (The meeting was over at five.)
- She felt a sense of relief when the long project was finally ended.
- We watched the ended credits of the movie.
Advanced Usage
- "to be ended": This is a common passive construction emphasizing that an external force or circumstance caused the conclusion.
- The concert was ended abruptly by the storm.
- "newly-ended": A compound adjective describing something that has very recently concluded.
- They were discussing the newly-ended negotiations.
Variants and Related Words
- End (verb): To bring or come to a conclusion.
- The show will end in ten minutes.
- Ending (noun): The final part of something.
- I didn't like the ending of the book.
- Unended (adjective): Not finished or concluded. (Less common)
- The conflict remains tragically unended.
Synonyms
- Finished: Completed; brought to an end.
- Over: At an end; concluded.
- Completed: Brought to a finished state.
- Concluded: Brought to a close formally.
- Terminated: Ended definitively, often abruptly.
Antonyms
- Ongoing: Still in progress; continuing.
- Unfinished: Not completed.
- Beginning: Starting; in initial stages.
Related Phrases
- To come to an end: To finish or conclude.
- All good things must come to an end.
- To put an end to something: To cause something to stop.
- The new law put an end to the illegal practice.
Adjective
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- the harvesting was complete
- the affair is over, ended, finished
- the abruptly terminated interview