Tra từ end - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

end [end ends ended ending] noun, verb BrE [end] NAmE [end]
noun

FINAL PART
1. the final part of a period of time, an event, an activity or a story
•at the end of the week
• We didn't leave until the very end.
•the end of the book
• We had to hear about the whole journey from beginning to end.
•It's the end of an era.
•Our end-of-season sale starts next week.
•There'll be a chance to ask questions at the end.

FURTHEST PART
2. the part of an object or a place that is the furthest away from its centre
• Turn right at the end of the road.
• His office is the room at the other end of the corridor.
•I joined the end of the queue.
•Go to the end of the line!
•You've got something on the end of your nose.
•Tie the ends of the string together.
•That's his wife sitting at the far end of the table.
•These two products are from opposite ends of the price range.
•We've travelled from one end of Mexico to the other.
•They live in the end house.
see also ↑big end, ↑dead end, ↑East End, ↑split ends, ↑tail end

FINISH
3. a situation in which sth does not exist any more
•the end of all his dreams
• The meeting came to an end (= finished).
• The war was finally at an end.
•The coup brought his corrupt regime to an end.
•There's no end in sight to the present crisis.
•They have called for an end to violence.
•This latest attack could spell the end of the peace process.
•Let's put an end to (= stop) these rumours once and for all.
•That was by no means the end of the matter.

AIM
4. an aim or a purpose
•They are prepared to use violence in pursuit of their ends.
•She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends.
•He joined the society for political ends.
•With this end in view (= in order to achieve this) they employed 50 new staff.
•We are willing to make any concessions necessary to this end (= in order to achieve this).
•They are working towards common ends.

PART OF ACTIVITY
5. usually singular a part of an activity with which sb is concerned, especially in business
•We need somebody to handle the marketing end of the business.
•Are there any problems at your end?
•I have kept my end of the bargain.

OF TELEPHONE LINE/JOURNEY
6. usually singular either of two places connected by a telephone call, journey, etc
•I answered the phone but there was no one at the other end.
•Jean is going to meet me at the other end.

OF SPORTS FIELD
7. one of the two halves of a sports field
•The teams changed ends at half-time.

PIECE LEFT
8. (BrE)a small piece that is left after sth has been used
•a cigarette end
see also ↑fag end, ↑loose end, ↑odds and ends

DEATH
9. usually singular a person's death. People say ‘end ’ to avoid saying ‘death ’
•She came to an untimely end (= died young).
•I was with him at the end (= when he died).
• (literary)He met his end (= died) at the Battle of Waterloo.
more at the beginning of the end at ↑beginning, to/until the bitter end at ↑bitter _adj., burn the candle at both ends at ↑burn _v., jump/be thrown in at the deep endgo off the deep end at ↑deep _adj., make sb's hair stand on end at ↑hair, not/never hear the end of it at ↑hear, light at the end of the tunnel at ↑light _n., at a loose end at ↑loose end, a means to an end at ↑means, be at/on the receiving end at ↑receive, the rough end of the pineapple at ↑rough _adj., the sharp end (of sth) at ↑sharp _adj., get the short end of the stick at ↑short _n., the thin end of the wedge at ↑thin _adj., at your wits' end at ↑wit, get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick at ↑wrong _adj.

Word Origin:
Old English ende (noun), endian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch einde (noun), einden (verb) and German Ende (noun), enden (verb).

Thesaurus:
end noun
1. C
•They have called for an end to violence.
conclusion • • finish • • ending • • finale • |formal, especially business close • • termination • |formal, especially journalism cessation •
Opp: beginning
a/an (…) end/finish/ending/finale to sth
at the end/conclusion/finish/finale/close
bring sth to a/an end/conclusion/close
2. C
•She sat at the far end of the table.
side • • edge • • limit •
Opp: the middle
at the end/side/edge/limits
on the end/side/edge
beyond the end/edge/limits
End, side or edge? The edge of an object goes all the way around it. The ends or sides are the parts of the edge that are opposite each other. Ends have the longest distance between them.

Synonyms:
target
objective • goal • object • end
These are all words for sth that you are trying to achieve.
target • a result that you try to achieve: ▪ Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve. ◇ ▪ attainment targets in schools
objective • (rather formal) something that you are trying to achieve: ▪ What is the main objective of this project?
goal • something that you hope to achieve: ▪ He continued to pursue his goal of becoming an actor.
target, objective or goal?
A target is usually officially recorded in some way, for example by an employer or by a government committee. It is often specific, and in the form of figures, such as number of sales or exam passes, or a date. People often set their own objectives: these are things that they wish to achieve, often as part of a project or a talk they are giving. Goals are often long-term, and relate to people's life and career plans or the long-term plans of a company or organization.
object • the purpose of sth; sth that you plan to achieve: ▪ The object is to educate people about road safety.
end • something that you plan to achieve: ▪ He joined the society for political ends. ◇ ▪ That's only OK if you believe that ▪ the end justifies the means ▪ ▪ (= bad methods of doing sth are acceptable if the final result is good) ▪.
End is usually used in the plural or in particular fixed expressions.
to work towards a(n) target/objective/goal
an ambitious/major/long-term/short-term/future target/objective/goal
economic/financial/business targets/objectives/goals
to set/agree on/identify/reach/meet/exceed a(n) target/objective/goal
to achieve a(n) target/objective/goal/end

Example Bank:
•Continue until you reach the end of the road.
•Despite our differences, we were working to a common end.
•For her, shopping had become an end in itself.
•For her, travelling had become an end in itself rather than a means of seeing new places.
•He defended a morality in which the end justifies the means.
•He met his end at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
•He wants the reports by the end of the month.
•He was bound to meet a violent end one day.
•He won't win, but he'll keep fighting to the end.
•Her death marks the end of an era.
•His story was one big lie from beginning to end.
•I don't enjoy studying computing— it's just a means to an end.
•I just caught the tail end of the movie.
•I was getting bored towards the end of the talk.
•I'll never get to the end of this book!
•I'm staying until the end of this week.
•In the end, they decided to spend Christmas at home.
•It stayed hot right up to the end of September.
•It wasn't the end of their marriage, but it was the beginning of the end.
•She was prepared to lie in order to achieve her ends.
•She wished to have a house built, and to this end she engaged a local architect.
•Stand it on end.
•Take the free end of the rope and pass it through the hole.
•Talks were in progress to bring an end to the fighting.
•The author tied up all the loose ends of the story in the final chapter.
•The award was a fitting end to a distinguished career.
•The bank is right at the end of the street.
•The car was lifted up by the winds and tumbled end over end along the ground.
•The company believes in throwing new employees in at the deep end with no training.
•The end came when he collapsed after playing golf.
•The famous Las Vegas Strip is about three miles from end to end.
•The film's backers were delighted with the end product.
•The injury brought her career to an early end.
•The loss of this contract could signal the end of the line for the shipyard.
•The meeting finally came to an end at six.
•The money might have been used to more beneficial ends.
•The proceedings are expected to be at an end by 6 p.m.
•The rope was unfastened at one end.
•The teams changed ends at half time.
•The two parties represent opposite ends of the political spectrum.
•They get married at the end of the movie.
•Tie both ends of the string together.
•Turn into Hope Street and our house is right at the end.
•We tried cutting through a back road but it was a dead end.
•We walked along the whole promenade, from end to end.
•We will fight this case to the bitter end.
•What the business community wants is an end to the recession.
•You don't know who the murderer is until right at the end of the book.
•You should have your hair trimmed every few weeks to get rid of split ends.
•a dead-end job
•call for an end to the violence
•housebuyers at the cheap end of the market
•the southern end of the lake
•to come to a sticky end
•to come to a sticky= unpleasant, but deserved end
•I hope to finish this by the end of the week.
•It was the end of all his dreams.
•Let's put an end to these rumours once and for all.
•Stand the box on end.
•That's only OK if you believe that the end justifies the means.
•The coup brought his corrupt regime to an end.
•The meeting came to an end.
•There'll be a chance to ask questions at the end.
•They finally get named at the end of the book.
•We are willing to make any concessions necessary to this end.
•We had to hear about the whole journey from beginning to end.
•We need someone to handle the marketing end of the business.
•We've travelled from one end of Mexico to the other.
•With this end in view they employed 50 new sales reps.
•You've got something on the end of your nose.
Idioms: ↑at the end of something ▪ ↑at the end of the day ▪ ↑at the end of your tether ▪ ↑bad end ▪ ↑end in itself ▪ ↑end in tears ▪ ↑end it all ▪ ↑end justifies the means ▪ ↑end of story ▪ end of the line ▪ ↑end to end ▪ ↑end your days ▪ ↑end your life ▪ ↑get your end away ▪ ↑go to the ends of the earth ▪ ↑in the end ▪ ↑keep your end up ▪ ↑make ends meet ▪ ↑no end ▪ ↑no end of something ▪ ↑not the end of the world ▪ ↑on end ▪ ↑put an end to it all ▪ ↑put an end to yourself ▪ something to end all sths ▪ ↑the end
Derived: ↑end in something ▪ ↑end up

verb intransitive, transitive
to finish; to make sth finish
•The road ends here.
•How does the story end?
•The speaker ended by suggesting some topics for discussion.
•~ with sth Her note ended with the words: ‘See you soon.’
•~ sth They decided to end their relationship.
•~ sth with sth They ended the play with a song.
•+ speech ‘And that was that,’ she ended.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English ende (noun), endian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch einde (noun), einden (verb) and German Ende (noun), enden (verb).

Thesaurus:
end verb I, T
•How does the story end?
finish • • stop • • close • • wind (sth) up • |BrE round sth off • |AmE round sth out • |formal conclude • • terminate •
Opp: begin
end/finish/conclude/round sth off/round sth out by/with sth
end/finish/conclude/close/wind up a meeting
a play/show/film ends/finishes/concludes
a story/letter/note ends/concludes
End, finish, stop or conclude? End, finish and conclude are used especially about things that you do not expect to start again
•The war ended in 1945.
• The concert should finish by 10 o'clock.
• She concluded her speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.
Stop is used about things that may or will start again
•The rain stopped for a couple of hours.

Example Bank:
•A back injury effectively ended her career.
•After all that excitement the day was bound to end in tears.
•At last the war ended.
•His speech ended on a positive note.
•The attempt finally ended in failure.
•The meeting ended abruptly when the chairman was called away.
•The military action could end in disaster.
•The peace talks have ended inconclusively, with neither side prepared to give way on key points.
•The show ended with a song.
•We thought they'd never end.

See also: ↑at the end of your rope ▪ ↑end of …