come to an end

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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.
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 June 2013:

     The protests in Brazil are unfolding just as its long and heralded economic boom may be coming to an end.

Translations

to cease

• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏍᏆᏗᎠ (alisquadia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終結／终结 (zh) (zhōngjié), 告一段落 (zh) (gào yī duànluò), 到頭／到头 (zh) (dàotóu), 閉幕／闭幕 (zh) (bìmù) (of a conference or performance)

• Finnish: lakata (fi), loppua (fi)
• French: toucher à sa fin (fr), tirer à sa fin (fr)

  Old French: acomplir

• Greek:

  Ancient: τελευτάω (teleutáō)

• Hungarian: véget ér (hu), abbamarad (hu), vége szakad (hu)
• Lao: ໝົດ (mot)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta slutt, bli en slutt på

  Nynorsk: take slutt, ta slutt

• Russian: зака́нчиваться (ru) impf (zakánčivatʹsja), зако́нчиться (ru) pf (zakónčitʹsja), заверша́ться (ru) impf (zaveršátʹsja), заверши́ться (ru) pf (zaveršítʹsja)
• Spanish: tocar a su fin
• Tocharian B: ār-
• Ukrainian: завершитися (zaveršytysja), добігти кінця (dobihty kincja)