Phrase guide

come to an end

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To stop; to cease; to no longer continue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏍᏆᏗᎠ (alisquadia) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 終結 /终结 (zhōngjié) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 告一段落 (gào yī duànluò) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到頭 /到头 (dàotóu) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閉幕 /闭幕 (bìmù) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Finnish: lakata — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Finnish: loppua — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • French: toucher à sa fin — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • French: tirer à sa fin — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Old French: acomplir — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Ancient Greek: τελευτάω (teleutáō) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Hungarian: véget ér — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Hungarian: abbamarad — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Hungarian: vége szakad — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Lao: ຫມົດ (mot) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Mokilese: wur — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ta slutt — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bli en slutt på — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: take slutt — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ta slutt — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Russian: зака́нчиваться (zakánčivatʹsja) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Russian: зако́нчиться (zakónčitʹsja) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Russian: заверша́ться (zaveršátʹsja) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Russian: заверши́ться (zaveršítʹsja) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Spanish: tocar a su fin — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Tocharian B: ār- — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Turkish: sonlanmak — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Turkish: sona ermek — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Turkish: son bulmak — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Ukrainian: завершитися (zaveršytysja) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Ukrainian: добігти кінця (dobihty kincja) — stop, cease, no longer continue
  • Vietnamese: kết thúc — stop, cease, no longer continue