beginning vs end vs ending

Definitions

noun

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
3. the first part or section of something
4. the event consisting of the start of something
5. the act of starting something

adjective

1. serving to begin

Examples

Roderick Little, a University of Michigan biostatistician, will become associate director for statistical methodology and standards at the Census Bureau beginning in September.

It wasn't just the obvious favouritism towards their own daughter that ticked him off either, that wasn't even the beginning of it.

First, the entire science of astronomy had depended on careful measurement from the very beginning.

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Definitions

noun

1. either extremity of something that has length
2. a final part or section
3. a final state
4. (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
5. the point in time at which something ends

verb

1. bring to an end or halt
2. put an end to
3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
4. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Examples

Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.

The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface.

Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard.

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