10 VERB If an object ends with or in a particular thing, it has that thing on its tip or point, or as its last part. □ [V + with/in ] It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw.
11 VERB A journey, road, or river that ends at a particular place stops there and goes no further. □ [V prep/adv] The road ended at a T-junction. [Also V ]
12 N‑COUNT End is used to refer to either of the two extreme points of a scale, or of something that you are considering as a scale. □ [+ of ] At the other end of the social scale was the grocer, the village's only merchant. □ [+ of ] The agreement has been criticised by extremist groups on both ends of the political spectrum.
13 N‑COUNT The other end is one of two places that are connected because people are communicating with each other by phone or writing, or are travelling from one place to the other. □ When he answered the phone, Ferguson was at the other end. □ Make sure to meet them at the other end.
14 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you refer to a particular end of a project or piece of work, you mean a part or aspect of it, for example a part of it that is done by a particular person or in a particular place. [SPOKEN ] □ You take care of your end, kid; I'll take care of mine.
15 N‑COUNT An end is the purpose for which something is done or towards which you are working. □ The police force is being manipulated for political ends. □ Now the government is trying another policy designed to achieve the same end.
16 VERB If you say that something ends at a particular point, you mean that it is applied or exists up to that point, and no further. □ [V adv/prep] Helen is also 25 and from Birmingham, but the similarity ends there.
17 N‑COUNT [usu sing] You can refer to someone's death as their end , especially when you are talking about the way that they died or might die. [LITERARY ] □ Soon after we had spoken to this man he had met a violent end.
18 VERB If you end by doing something or end in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to. □ [V + by ] They ended by making themselves miserable. □ [V adv/prep] They'll probably end back on the streets.
19 PHRASE If someone ends it all , they kill themselves. □ He grew suicidal, thinking up ways to end it all.
20 PHRASE If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate. □ It was going to be a party to end all parties.
21 PHRASE If something is at an end , it has finished and will not continue. □ The recession is definitely at an end.
22 PHRASE If something comes to an end , it stops. □ The cold war came to an end.
23 PHRASE You say at the end of the day when you are talking about what happens after a long series of events or what appears to be the case after you have considered the relevant facts. [INFORMAL ] □ At the end of the day it's up to the Germans to decide.
24 PHRASE If you are thrown in at the deep end , you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation. If you jump in at the deep end , you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation. [mainly BRIT ] □ It's a superb job. You get thrown in at the deep end and it's all down to you.
25 PHRASE You say in the end when you are saying what is the final result of a series of events, or what is your final conclusion after considering all the relevant facts. □ I toyed with the idea of calling the police, but in the end I didn't.
26 PHRASE If you consider something to be an end in itself , you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else. □ While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself.
27 PHRASE If you find it difficult to make ends meet , you can only just manage financially because you hardly have enough money for the things you need. □ With Betty's salary they barely made ends meet.
28 PHRASE No end means a lot. [INFORMAL ] □ Teachers inform me that Tracey's behaviour has improved no end.
29 PHRASE When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end , it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned. □ He is a wonderful companion and we can talk for hours on end.
30 PHRASE Something that is on end is upright, instead of in its normal or natural position, for example lying down, flat, or on its longest side.
31 PHRASE To put an end to something means to cause it to stop. □ Only a political solution could put an end to the violence.
32 PHRASE If a process or person has reached the end of the road , they are unable to progress any further. □ I am sure this is the end of the road for him.
33 PHRASE If you say that something bad is not the end of the world , you are trying to stop yourself or someone else being so upset by it, by suggesting that it is not the worst thing that could happen. □ Obviously I'd be disappointed if we don't make it, but it wouldn't be the end of the world.
34 the end of your tether → see tether
35 to burn the candle at both ends → see candle
36 to make your hair stand on end → see hair
37 a means to an end → see means
38 to be on the receiving end → see receive
39 to get the wrong end of the stick → see stick ➊