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# ending

«ending» in Mova's school dictionary: **the last part of a story, film or song** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ending, endings); verb (end, ends, ended, ending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An ending is the last part of a story, film or song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#m1)

2) An ending is also the last letters of a word, like -ing or -ed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#m2)

3) Ending is the -ing form of end: stopping or coming to an end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a story word or the last part of a time span (the week ending on Friday); English: writing a good ending, word endings for plurals and past forms; everyday life: a happy ending, a sad ending

### examples

- The ending of the book was happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x1)
- The week ending on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x2)
- He read 20 pages before the ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x3)
- The game is ending soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x4)
- Add the ending -ed to make the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x5)
- I didn't like the ending of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x6)
- Write a new ending for the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x7)
- This is the congratulatory ending of the Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/#x8)

### note

Usually no clue; sometimes marks the end of a time span. Trap: none special. Word endings: -s for plurals, -ed for the past.

### In the corpora

- [Bots often choose the most expected ending for a story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/10/)
- [«Shu-ya-las, ya maru» means «Sky-water ending.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/10/)
- [Five minutes a day with three to five words, as a game, works better than an hour of flashcards ending in tears.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/13/)
- [Words ending in y look at the letter before it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/6-spelling-plurals/4/)
- [Some old common words change their vowel or ending: mouse/mice, man/men, foot/feet, tooth/teeth, goose/geese, child/children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/6-spelling-plurals/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ending» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ending/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.