dead-end

(dĕd′ĕnd′)adj.1. Having no exit except for going back the way one came.2. Permitting no opportunity for progress or advancement: a dead-end job.3. Informal Tough and rowdy: a dead-end gang.intr.v. dead-end·ed, dead-end·ing, dead-ends To terminate with no exit: The road dead-ends at the lake.

dead′ end′

n. 1. a street, corridor, etc., that has no exit. 2. a position with no hope of progress; blind alley. [1885–90]

dead′-end′

adj. 1. terminating in a dead end. 2. offering no possibility for advancement: a dead-end job. 3. living in the slums: a dead-end kid. v.i. 4. to terminate in a dead end. [1885–90]

dead-end

Past participle: dead-ended
Gerund: dead-ending

Imperative
dead-end
dead-end

Present
I dead-end
you dead-end
he/she/it dead-ends
we dead-end
you dead-end
they dead-end

Preterite
I dead-ended
you dead-ended
he/she/it dead-ended
we dead-ended
you dead-ended
they dead-ended

Present Continuous
I am dead-ending
you are dead-ending
he/she/it is dead-ending
we are dead-ending
you are dead-ending
they are dead-ending

Present Perfect
I have dead-ended
you have dead-ended
he/she/it has dead-ended
we have dead-ended
you have dead-ended
they have dead-ended

Past Continuous
I was dead-ending
you were dead-ending
he/she/it was dead-ending
we were dead-ending
you were dead-ending
they were dead-ending

Past Perfect
I had dead-ended
you had dead-ended
he/she/it had dead-ended
we had dead-ended
you had dead-ended
they had dead-ended

Future
I will dead-end
you will dead-end
he/she/it will dead-end
we will dead-end
you will dead-end
they will dead-end

Future Perfect
I will have dead-ended
you will have dead-ended
he/she/it will have dead-ended
we will have dead-ended
you will have dead-ended
they will have dead-ended

Future Continuous
I will be dead-ending
you will be dead-ending
he/she/it will be dead-ending
we will be dead-ending
you will be dead-ending
they will be dead-ending

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dead-ending
you have been dead-ending
he/she/it has been dead-ending
we have been dead-ending
you have been dead-ending
they have been dead-ending

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dead-ending
you will have been dead-ending
he/she/it will have been dead-ending
we will have been dead-ending
you will have been dead-ending
they will have been dead-ending

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dead-ending
you had been dead-ending
he/she/it had been dead-ending
we had been dead-ending
you had been dead-ending
they had been dead-ending

Conditional
I would dead-end
you would dead-end
he/she/it would dead-end
we would dead-end
you would dead-end
they would dead-end

Past Conditional
I would have dead-ended
you would have dead-ended
he/she/it would have dead-ended
we would have dead-ended
you would have dead-ended
they would have dead-ended

Thesaurus

Adj.

dead-end - lacking opportunities for development or advancement; "stuck in a dead-end job"inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

Translations

dead

(ded) adjective1. without life; not living. a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers. 死去的，无生命的 2. not working and not giving any sign of being about to work. The phone/engine is dead. 不通话的（电话），熄火的（发动机） 3. absolute or complete. There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.无动静的 adverb completely. dead drunk.完全地ˈdeaden verb to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc. That will deaden the pain.使缓和ˈdeadly adjective1. causing death. a deadly poison. 致死的，致命的 2. very great. He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).非常3. very dull or uninteresting. What a deadly job this is. 枯燥的，呆板的 adverb extremely. deadly dull; deadly serious.非常dead end a road closed off at one end. （街道等）闭塞不通的一头 ˈdead-end adjective leading nowhere. a dead-end job. （喻）没出路的 dead heat a race, or a situation happening in a race, in which two or more competitors cross the finishing line together. 胜负不分的赛跑dead language a language no longer spoken, eg Latin. 无人说的语言（如拉丁语） ˈdeadline noun a time by which something must be done or finished. Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay.最后期限ˈdeadlock noun a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible. Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.僵局

to set a deadline (not dateline) for finishing a job.

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