ending

4 definitions • 4 examples

the last part of a story:

happy ending People want love stories with happy endings.

a part added to the end of a word:

To make the plural of "dog", you add the plural ending -s.

the last part of a process, esp. the way in which something stops existing:

The movie’s ending is so romantic!

An ending is a part added to a word that changes its meaning:

To make “dog” plural, you add the ending “-s.”