endless

«endless» in Mova's judaism dictionary: without an end, going on for ever — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (endless)

meaning for a pupil

1) Endless means without an end, going on for ever. tree →

2) In everyday talk endless means seeming to go on for a very long time, or very many. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it paints big spaces and long waits: endless desert, endless sea, an endless day. In maths the number line and counting are truly endless. Phrases: «endless questions», «the list is endless», «endless fun», «an endless supply».

examples

• On this point endless dis- cussions arose; and it has even been disputed whether they are designed to express theological, philosophical, or physical mysteries. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The car journey felt endless. tree →
• The desert stretched out, endless and hot. tree →
• My little brother asks endless questions. tree →
• Counting numbers is endless; there is always one more. tree →
• We had endless fun at the beach. tree →
• The sky looked endless from the top of the hill. tree →
• There seemed to be an endless line of people. tree →
• The endless halls shine in marble and many colors. tree →

note

Endless + adverb «endlessly». Usually it is exaggeration: an «endless» lesson did end. In maths, «infinite» is the exact word for truly endless; a circle has no end but is not infinitely long.

In the corpora

• Replaying a failure can help you learn at first, but endless replays at night just keep the hurt fresh.
• Apps use autoplay and endless feeds to keep you scrolling, so timers and app limits help.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «endless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.