n. The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.
n. The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of bringing or coming to an end; termination, as of life; conclusion.
n. In grammar, the terminating syllable or letter of a word; the termination, whether of declension, of conjugation, or of derivation.
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n. the act of ending something
n. event whose occurrence ends something
n. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
n. the last section of a communication
n. the point in time at which something ends
Word Usage
"President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is aiming for annual average GDP growth of 6.6 percent through the remainder of his term ending in 2014, partly by boosting spending on roads, railways and ports."