ending

The last part of a story, event, or other thing.

• The story has a happy ending.
• I did not expect that ending.
• Which of the two endings do you prefer?

How to use it: ending of something (The ending of the film surprised me.)

Similar words: end, conclusion

Opposites: beginning

Common phrases: happy ending, sad ending, ending of something

A part added to the end of a word to show its grammatical form.

• This verb has an unusual ending.
• Add the plural ending to each noun.
• Some languages use different endings for different verb forms.

Similar words: inflectional suffix

Common phrases: verb ending, plural ending, word ending