ADJ

bottom, lower
top, upper
back, rear, tail (figurative)
I just caught the tail end of the movie
front
extreme, very
far, opposite, other
That's his wife sitting at the far end of the table
round, square, etc.
pointed, sharp
cheap
housebuyers at the cheap end of the market
dear, expensive
dead
We tried cutting through a back road but it was a dead end
(figurative)
a dead-end job
deep, shallow (of a swimming pool)
(figurative) The company believes in throwing new employees in at the deep end with at the end of the movie
by the ~
He wants the reports by the end of the month
in the ~
In the end, they decided to spend the holiday at home
to the ~
He won't win, but he'll keep fighting to the end
towards the ~
I was getting bored towards the end of the talk
till/until the ~
I'm staying until the end of this week
up to the ~
It stayed hot right up to the end of September
~ to
What the business community wants is an end to the recession

PHRASES

the end of an era
Her death marks the end of an era
the end of the line/road (figurative)
The loss of this no training
free, knotted, loose
Take the free end of the rope and pass it through the hole.contract could signal the end of
(figurative)
The author tied up all the loose ends of the story in the final chapter
west, western, etc.
the southern end of the lake
end of the spectrum
The two parties represent opposite ends of the political spectrum
(from) end to end
We walked along the whole promenade, from end to end. They arranged the tables end to end

VERB + END

come to, get to, reach
Continue until you reach the end of the road
change
The teams changed ends at half time

PREP

at the ~
Turn into Hope Street and our house is right at the end
on ~
Stand it on end (= upright)

ADJ

abrupt, sudden
dramatic
early
The injury brought her career to an early end
fitting
The award was a fitting end to a distinguished career

VERB + END

come to, get to, reach
The meeting finally came to an end at six. I'll never get to the end of this book!
approach, draw to, near
As the evening was drawing to an end, the firework display took place
bring (sth to), put
Talks were in progress to bring an end to the fighting
call for
call for an end to the violence

END + VERB

be in sight
There's no end in sight to the present crisis

END + NOUN

product, result
The film's backers were delighted with the end product

PREP

at an ~
The proceedings are expected to be at an end by 6 p.m
at the ~
They get married the line for the shipyard
from beginning to end
His story was one big lie from beginning to end
to/until the bitter end
We will fight this court case to the bitter end

ADJ

beneficial, desirable, worthwhile, worthy
destructive
practical, pragmatic
common
Despite our differences, we were working to a common end
selfish
commercial, economic, educational, ideological, political, social, utilitarian

VERB + END

achieve, further, pursue
She was prepared to lie in order to achieve her ends
work to

PREP

to … ends
The money might have been used to more beneficial ends
to this ~
She wished to have a house built, and to this end she engaged a local architect

PHRASES

an end in itself
For her, travelling had become an end in itself rather than a means of seeing new places
a means to an end
I don't enjoy studying computing?it's just a means to an end
the end justifies the means
He defended a morality in which the end justifies the means
to/for your own ends
She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends
with this end in view
(= in order to achieve this)

ADJ

sad, tragic
bad, sticky
to come to a sticky (= unpleasant, but deserved) end
untimely

VERB + END

come to, meet (literary)
He met his end at the Battle of Waterloo

END + VERB

come
The end came when he collapsed after playing golf