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ended

adjective US /ˈendəd/

having come or been brought to a conclusion

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,436 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,761 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.

What it means

adjective

  1. having come or been brought to a conclusion also: complete, concluded, over, all over, terminated the harvesting was completethe affair is over, ended, finished

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

ended in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • The night was almost ended: six o’clock had just struck.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • She was the kind of American girl who ended by marrying a title.

    Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

  • With these words the guardian ended the interview and, saying good-bye, carefully descended the steep staircase.

    Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1

  • I watched you more closely, and I saw before that year ended that you were taking your medicine rightly.

    The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1

  • Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless prayer, Soft rebukes, in blessings ended, Breathing from her lips of air.

    The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1

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