0 past simple and past participle of end
1 to finish or stop, or to make something finish or stop:
She ended her speech on an optimistic note.
Their marriage ended in 1991.
Her resignation ends months of speculation about her future.
He wanted a continuity so that, as one scene ended, the next one kicked in.
The ' most dynamic elements ' ended up migrating to the city.
The only military expedition, in 1624, ended in a fiasco.
It ended, however, without having done so, but promising a further article that would reveal the ' ridiculously simple ' secrets.
Since cultivation occurs in highly unsustainable terrains, part of the land in the production cycle becomes useless even after the rotation period has ended.
Testing ended when the child incorrectly reproduced both sequences at a given string length.
In three cases the relationship had ended before the pregnancy was discovered.
The rotation of political power to an opposition party more than three years ago has not ended the streaks of political corruption.