ended > define

verb

• Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Bring to an end or halt.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: end, terminate
• Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.
  • usage: "This sad scene ended the movie"
  • synonyms: end, terminate
• Put an end to.
  • usage: "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
  • synonyms: end

adjective

• Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
  • usage: "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
  • synonyms: complete, concluded, over, all over, terminated