The meaning of ENDING is something that constitutes an end. How to use ending in a sentence.

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(Definition of ending from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

You can refer to the last part of a book, story, play, or film as the ending, especially when you are considering the way that the story ends. The film has a Hollywood happy ending.

Definition of ending noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

noun the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) “I don't like words that have -ism as an ending ” synonyms: termination see more

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 end•ing /ˈɛndɪŋ/ n. [countable] the final or concluding part; end: The best part of the book is the ending. …

ending (ˈɛndɪŋ) n 1. the act of bringing to or reaching an end 2. the last part of something, as a book, film, etc

Synonyms for ENDING: concluding, closing, finishing, terminating, dying, passing, stopping, ceasing; Antonyms of ENDING: remaining, leftover, residual, lingering, lasting, enduring, …

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