(the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending")
(the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement")
(the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period")
(event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show")
(the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say...")
(have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo")
(bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I")
(be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie")
(put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived")