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To bring to a conclusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The band usually ends up their concerts with their biggest hit song.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: copulative
Examples
- They ended up angry at each other.
- He ended up as an insurance agent.
- I was going for a stroll, and ended up lost.
- She gave her all, and ended up winning the contest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To lift or tilt, so as to set on end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
finally be or do something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
- he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: finish up, land up, fetch up, wind up, finish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, move
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
acabar-se
— turn out
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French:
se terminer
— turn out
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French:
se finir
— turn out
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German:
sich herausstellen
— turn out
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Greek:
γίνομαι
(gínomai)
— turn out
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Greek:
καταντάω
(katantáo)
— turn out
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Hungarian:
végződik
— turn out
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Hungarian:
véget ér
— turn out
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Hungarian:
végez
— turn out
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Italian:
andare a finire
— turn out
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Italian:
finire
— turn out
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Norwegian:
havne
— turn out
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Polish:
kończyć się
— turn out
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Polish:
skończyć się
— turn out
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Portuguese:
terminar
— turn out
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Romanian:
termina
— turn out
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Russian:
зака́нчиваться
(zakánčivatʹsja)
— turn out
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Russian:
зако́нчиться
(zakónčitʹsja)
— turn out
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Spanish:
terminar
— turn out
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Spanish:
ir a parar
— turn out
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Spanish:
quedar
— turn out
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Spanish:
acabar
— turn out
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Ukrainian:
закі́нчуватися
(zakínčuvatysja)
— turn out
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Ukrainian:
закі́нчитися
(zakínčytysja)
— turn out
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Catalan:
acabar
— arrive at a destination
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Chinese Mandarin:
到达
(dàodá)
— arrive at a destination
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Czech:
skončit
— arrive at a destination
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Dutch:
belanden
— arrive at a destination
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Dutch:
terechtkomen
— arrive at a destination
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Finnish:
päätyä
— arrive at a destination
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French:
se retrouver
— arrive at a destination
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French:
finir
— arrive at a destination
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German:
am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein
— arrive at a destination
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German:
landen
— arrive at a destination
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Hungarian:
kiköt
— arrive at a destination
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Italian:
finire
— arrive at a destination
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Italian:
andare a finire
— arrive at a destination
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Italian:
ritrovarsi
— arrive at a destination
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Polish:
znaleźć się
— arrive at a destination
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Portuguese:
acabar
— arrive at a destination
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Romanian:
sfârși
— arrive at a destination
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Russian:
оказа́ться
(okazátʹsja)
— arrive at a destination
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Russian:
ока́зываться
(okázyvatʹsja)
— arrive at a destination
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Swedish:
hamna
— arrive at a destination
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Ukrainian:
опини́тися
(opynýtysja)
— arrive at a destination
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Ukrainian:
опиня́тися
(opynjátysja)
— arrive at a destination
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Finnish:
tehdä lopulta
— eventually do
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French:
finir par
— eventually do
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German:
damit enden
— eventually do
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Hungarian:
végül
— eventually do
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Italian:
finire per
— eventually do
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Italian:
finire col
— eventually do
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Polish:
kończyć
— eventually do
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Polish:
skończyć
— eventually do
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Portuguese:
acabar
— eventually do
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Spanish:
terminar
— eventually do
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Spanish:
acabar
— eventually do
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Ukrainian:
зре́штою
(zréštoju)
— eventually do
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Ukrainian:
вре́шті решт
(vréšti rešt)
— eventually do