To the end
Translation- To the end
- End End ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D.
einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw.
["a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf.
{Ante-}, {Anti-}, {Answer}.]
1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing
considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being
side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part;
termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line,
pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end
to pain; -- opposed to {beginning}, when used of anything
having a first part.
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. --Eccl. vii. 8. [1913 Webster]
2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. [1913 Webster]
My guilt be on my head, and there an end. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. [1913 Webster]
Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
I shall see an end of him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. [1913 Webster]
Losing her, the end of living lose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. [1913 Webster]
I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. [1913 Webster]
{An end}. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. --Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] --Richardson.
{End bulb} (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called {end corpuscles}.
{End fly}, a bobfly.
{End for end}, one end for the other; in reversed order.
{End man}, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels.
{End on} (Naut.), bow foremost.
{End organ} (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally.
{End plate} (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers.
{End play} (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement.
{End stone} (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play.
{Ends of the earth}, the remotest regions of the earth.
{In the end}, finally. --Shak.
{On end}, upright; erect.
{To the end}, in order. --Bacon.
{To make both ends meet}, to live within one's income. --Fuller.
{To put an end to}, to destroy. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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In the end — End End ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
end — конец, окончание happy * счастливый конец; счастливая развязка to put an * to smth. положить конец чему либо, покончить с чем либо to put an * to an argument положить конец … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
end — 1> конец, окончание Ex: happy end счастливый конец; счастливая развязка Ex: to put an end to smth. положить конец чему либо, покончить с чем либо Ex: to put an end to an argument положить конец спору Ex: to bring to an end закончить, завершить Ex … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
end — 1. noun 1) конец; окончание; предел end on концом вперед to put anend to smth., to make an end of smth. положить конец чему л., уничтожитьчто л. in the end в заключение; в конечном счете they won the battle in theend в конечном счете они добились … Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
to — 1> указывает на приведение в нужное состояние или положение, передается глагольными приставками при , за Ex: to pull the shutters to закрыть ставни Ex: push the door to захлопни дверь Ex: the door blew to дверь захлопнулась Ex: put the horses to… … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
to — tu: (полная форма); (редуцированная форма, употр. перед гласными); (редуцированная форма, употр. перед согласными) 1. предл. 1) местные и пространственные значения а) выражает движение к какой л. точке и достижение ее, управляет словом,… … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
end — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, Latin ante before, Greek anti against Date: before 12th century 1. a. the part of an area that lies at the boundary b. (1) a point that marks the extent… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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end up — {v.} 1. To come to an end; be ended or finished; stop. * /How does the story end up?/ 2. To finally reach or arrive; land. * /I hope you don t end up in jail./ 3. {informal} To die, be killed. * /The gangster ended up in the electric chair./ 4.… … Словарь американских идиом
Фильмы
- The Beginning Of the End., 1973 — Annotation: The narration of the first months of the war of the Soviet Union with the Hitler-time Germany, about the Battle for Moscow
- Such a Soldier Is Invincible (Apprenticeship "Zapad - 81"). (West-81), 1981 — Annotation: A film about the war games "Zapad-81". Newsreel of the times of war is used. Film description: Chronicle: a parade of Red Army. They're coming tanks on maneuvers in 1936. Personnel of the…
- Eleventh Five-Year Period: Time And People., 1986 — Annotation: About improvement of economic mechanism basing on examples of definite enterprises: "Rostselmash" ["Rostov Agriculture Machinery Plant"}, the collective farm named after Frunze (a…