Intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, end, object, objective, goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain We were pleased no end by the enthusiastic response. Intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about
Intent suggests clearer formulation or greater deliberateness Idioms no end, very much or many Purpose suggests a more settled determination.
To form the last or concluding part of The song that ended the performance To come to a finish When is your meeting due to end
Her resignation ends months of speculation about her future Their marriage ended in 1991. If something such as a book, speech, or performance ends with a particular thing or the writer or performer ends it with that thing, its final part consists of the thing mentioned. When something is at an end it is finished or completed
If you bring something to an end or bring an end to something, you stop, finish, or complete it She brought the concert to an end with a piano solo Negotiations brought an end to the conflict. Idioms make (both) ends meet, to manage to live on one's income
Trying to make both ends meet with two jobs
