end up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

end up (third-person singular simple present ends up, present participle ending up, simple past and past participle ended up)

1. (transitive) To bring to a conclusion.

   The band usually ends up their concerts with their biggest hit song.

2. (copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.

   They ended up angry at each other.

   He ended up as an insurance agent.

   I was going for a stroll, and ended up lost.

3. (transitive) To lift or tilt, so as to set on end.

   to end up a hogshead

Synonyms

• (to bring to a conclusion): conclude, end, finish up, wind up
• (come to a final place, condition, situation): wind up, turn out

Translations

bring to a conclusion — see end,‎ conclude,‎ close,‎ finish,‎ wind up

turn out

• Catalan: acabar-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: se terminer (fr), se finir (fr)
• German: sich herausstellen (de)
• Greek: γίνομαι (el) (gínomai), καταντάω (el) (katantáo) (negative or unfortunate sense)
• Hungarian: végződik (hu), véget ér (hu), végez (hu)
• Italian: andare a finire, finire (it)
• Norwegian: havne
• Portuguese: terminar (pt)
• Romanian: termina (ro)
• Russian: зака́нчиваться (ru) impf (zakánčivatʹsja), зако́нчиться (ru) pf (zakónčitʹsja)
• Spanish: terminar (es), ir a parar
• Ukrainian: закі́нчуватися impf (zakínčuvatysja), закі́нчитися pf (zakínčytysja)

arrive at a destination

• Catalan: acabar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 到达 (zh) (dàodá)

• Czech: skončit (cs)
• Dutch: belanden (nl), terechtkomen (nl)
• Finnish: päätyä (fi)
• French: se retrouver (fr), finir (fr)
• German: am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein, landen (de) (coll.)
• Hungarian: kiköt (hu)
• Italian: finire (it), andare a finire, ritrovarsi (it)
• Portuguese: acabar (pt)
• Romanian: sfârși (ro)
• Russian: оказа́ться (ru) pf (okazátʹsja), ока́зываться (ru) impf (okázyvatʹsja)
• Swedish: hamna (sv)
• Ukrainian: опини́тися pf (opynýtysja), опиня́тися impf (opynjátysja)

eventually do

• Finnish: tehdä lopulta
• French: finir par (fr) (+infinitive)
• German: damit enden
• Hungarian: végül (hu) (adverb; “eventually”)
• Italian: finire per (followed by the infinitive), finire col (followed by the infinitive)
• Portuguese: acabar (pt)
• Spanish: terminar (es), acabar (es)
• Ukrainian: зре́штою (uk) (zréštoju), вре́шті решт (vréšti rešt)

See also

• start up

References

• “end up”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• up-end, upend

Chinese

Etymology

From English end up.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹ ap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: en¹ ap¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: en¹ ap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵ ɐp̚⁵/

Adverb

end up

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) in the end; it turns out that
   • 2018 June 1, “【道具鈔惹禍】製片申請被拒 湯家驊斥自我中心：星戰都唔會太空拍”, in 蘋果日報 [Apple Daily]‎^[1], archived from the original on 2021-06-21:

     但她指fso再給予一位金管局人員的電話，「咁樣來來往往我夠鐘拍喇，咪拍陰司紙囉end up」。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     但她指fso再给予一位金管局人员的电话，「咁样来来往往我够钟拍喇，咪拍阴司纸啰end up」。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     daan⁶ taa¹ zi² fso zoi³ kap¹ jyu⁵ jat¹ wai^6-2 gam¹ gun² guk^6-2 jan⁴ jyun⁴ dik¹ din⁶ waa^6-2, “gam² joeng^6-2 loi⁴ loi⁴ wong⁵ wong⁵ ngo⁵ gau³ zung¹ paak³ laa³, mai⁶ paak³ jam¹ si¹ zi² lo¹ en¹ ap¹”. [Jyutping]

     But she says that FSO then provided a telephone number of a HKMA personnel; “the time would have been up for me if I were to go back and forth [for all the paperwork] in such way, so it ended up being shooting with hell money as props.”

Synonyms

• 最後／最后 (zuìhòu)