endingend‧ing /ˈendɪŋ/ ●●○ noun 
a story with a happy endingending to Coffee is the perfect ending to a meal.2[uncountable] when a process stops or is finished, or when you finish itending of the first elections since the ending of the dictatorship3[countable] the last part of a word: Verbal nouns have the ending -ing. → never-ending
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Gerunds have the ending "-ing."
- I love those old Hollywood movies with happy endings.
- In the Spanish version of this story, the ending is completely different.
- The story has a happy ending.
- Go back to Part Three, which was supposed to provide the original ending.
- Thankfully, the story had a happy ending.
- The ending we gave above, ... because she had seen what had happened, makes she refer to Diane.
- The background to this was the ending of the cycle boom in the previous year.
- Try perhaps to write a happy ending for this world and the people in it.
Longman Language Activatorthe last part of a book, film, show etc
the last part of a book, film, show etc: · It was such a terrible movie, half the audience walked out before the end.the end of: · The end of the book was so sad that I almost cried.at/by/towards etc the end: · By the end of the play, the main characters have all either died or gone mad.the very end (=the most final part of something): · You don't find out who the killer is until the very end.
the way a story or film ends: · In the Spanish version of this story, the ending is completely different.happy/sad ending (=an ending in which something good or bad happens): · I love those old Hollywood movies with happy endings.
the exciting or impressive last part of a piece of music, show, ceremony etc: the finale of something : · The finale of Beethoven's ninth symphony is really magnificent.the grand finale (=one that is very impressive): · For the grand finale there was a marching band and fireworks.
formal the last part of a book, play, report etc: the conclusion of something: · At the conclusion of the book, the reader is still not certain whether Markham is guilty or not.come to a conclusion: · There was complete silence in the room as the play came to its tragic conclusion.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a story with a happy endingCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The kiss was a fairytale ending to the evening. The story has a happy ending, however.
a story with a happy ending The kiss was a fairytale ending to the evening. The story has a happy ending, however.· The film has a sad ending.
(=the end part of a verb, which changes to show tense or person)· "-ed" is a regular past tense verb ending.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· There would be a different ending to Jenny's story if ... if ... no!· But for a young casual Tote employee the incident had a different ending.· Imagine, for a moment, a rather different ending to my experience.· They want a finish to the feud ... and a different ending.· For example, you choose a narrative, then imagine a different ending for it, and think what implications this would have.
· In the fiscal year ending in March 1990, the debt-equity ratio for TSE-listed firms was only 1.07.
· Thankfully, the story had a happy ending.· These beautiful new books, filled with morals and happy endings, help us hold on to our storytelling heritage.· Neighbours projects being honest and everything has a happy ending.· The pursuit of miracles, the rapture of happy endings.· But there was never a chance of a happy ending for Princess Diana and Charles.· Telling children about scary things, and then showing them that there are happy endings, soothes their anxieties.· The Hector's story may have a happy ending, as the establishment of entanglement.· We all have this thing about happy endings.
· It was a lovely night and a perfect ending for our trip.
NOUN· This absence of feeling, I dismissed as damaged nerve endings.· Your nerve endings bristle at the slightest movement.· Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are released at nerve endings and control the signals between nerves and nerves and muscles.· Slightly less obvious but essential to the winding up of the nerve endings is Michael Carr's neglect of his wife.· There is no evidence that the nerve endings near the brain of the fish can transmit pain.· So he hopes to come up with a special X-ray stain binding to human nerve endings.· A cell's true nature is realized when it becomes skin or bone or nerve ending.
· During the week ending last Tuesday 109 people in every 100,000 of the population had flu, and 154 had flu-like illnesses.· The batch screen options could be displayed by entering a week ending date.· He was released into the hands of Zaïrean officials in the week ending March 3.
· In its last financial year ending December 1988, Pearl reported pre-tax profits of £66.2m compared with £48.34m a year earlier.· An interim dividend of 6p per ordinary share was paid on 1 April 1993 in respect of the year ending 31 December 1993.· Copies of the most recent report for the year ending 31 March are in the Library.· Group pre-tax profits for the year ending February 28 fell 12.5% to £1.2m.· Figures released today reported that in the year ending March 31 profits before tax were £10.3m compared with £7.7m in 1992.· Pre-tax profits for the year ending October 31 rose 14.9% to £3.2m, while turnover increased 40.6% to £17.9m.· In the year ending March 1991 provisional estimates are 204 thousand such births or 28.7% of total births.· Government revenues for the financial year ending in November 1991 had shown a considerable reduction compared with the previous financial year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Well, so much for a storybook ending.
WORD FAMILYnounendendingadjectiveunendingendlessverbendadverbendlessly
1[countable] the way that a story, film, activity etc finisheshappy/perfect/surprise etc ending a story with a happy endingending to Coffee is the perfect ending to a meal.2[uncountable] when a process stops or is finished, or when you finish itending of the first elections since the ending of the dictatorship3[countable] the last part of a word: Verbal nouns have the ending -ing. → never-ending