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Definitions
The final part; finish
Word origin
From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from *h₂en- (“on, onto”).
Used in a sentence
“they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.”
“An epidemic of the disease started in Lü-shun at the end of 1927 and extended to April 1928, involving 271 cases with 14 deaths (Migai, 1928).”
“At the end of the garden there was a beautiful fountain.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues
01“Conclusion”3 letters
02“Final boundary”3 letters
03“Final point”3 letters
04“Finish point”3 letters
05“Last part”3 letters
06“Last piece”3 letters
07“Last point”3 letters
08“Last section”3 letters
09“Last stop”3 letters
10“Opposite of beginning”3 letters
11“Story's last part”3 letters
12“Finish”3 letters
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