"come to an end" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come to an end.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes to an end [present, singular, third-person], coming to an end [participle, present], came to an end [past], come to an end [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to an end}} come to an end (third-person singular simple present comes to an end, present participle coming to an end, simple past came to an end, past participle come to an end)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stop; to cease; to no longer continue. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to cease): τελευτάω (teleutáō) (Ancient Greek), ᎠᎵᏍᏆᏗᎠ (alisquadia) (Cherokee), 終結 (Chinese Mandarin), 终结 (zhōngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 告一段落 (gào yī duànluò) (Chinese Mandarin), 到頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 到头 (dàotóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 閉幕 (Chinese Mandarin), 闭幕 (bìmù) (note: of a conference or performance) (Chinese Mandarin), lakata (Finnish), loppua (Finnish), toucher à sa fin (French), tirer à sa fin (French), véget ér (Hungarian), abbamarad (Hungarian), vége szakad (Hungarian), ໝົດ (mot) (Lao), ta slutt (Norwegian Bokmål), bli en slutt på (Norwegian Bokmål), take slutt (Norwegian Nynorsk), ta slutt (Norwegian Nynorsk), acomplir (Old French), зака́нчиваться (zakánčivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), зако́нчиться (zakónčitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), заверша́ться (zaveršátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), заверши́ться (zaveršítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), tocar a su fin (Spanish), ār- (Tocharian B), завершитися (zaveršytysja) (Ukrainian), добігти кінця (dobihty kincja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-come_to_an_end-en-verb-2p4p8x4E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "to cease",
      "word": "abbamarad"
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      "sense": "to cease",
      "word": "vége szakad"
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