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 →

2) An ending is also the last letters of a word, like -ing or -ed. tree →

3) Ending is the -ing form of end: stopping or coming to an end. tree →

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 →
• The week ending on Friday. tree →
• He read 20 pages before the ending. tree →
• The game is ending soon. tree →
• Add the ending -ed to make the past. tree →
• I didn't like the ending of the film. tree →
• Write a new ending for the story. tree →
• This is the congratulatory ending of the Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher. tree →

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.
• «Shu-ya-las, ya maru» means «Sky-water ending.
• Five minutes a day with three to five words, as a game, works better than an hour of flashcards ending in tears.
• Words ending in y look at the letter before it.
• Some old common words change their vowel or ending: mouse/mice, man/men, foot/feet, tooth/teeth, goose/geese, child/children.

Trees and pragmatics

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