END ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does end on mean? 

• END ON (adverb)
  The adverb END ON has 1 sense:

1. with the end forward or toward the observer

  Familiarity information: END ON used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• END ON (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With the end forward or toward the observer

Synonyms:

end on; endways; endwise

Context example:

houses built endways

 Context examples 

Has she perhaps met her end on the same night as the friend whom she had summoned?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her own musings were brought to an end on perceiving Mr. Crawford before her, and her thoughts were put into another channel by his engaging her almost instantly for the first two dances.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Be confident that this trend will end on November 18, thanks to Mars’ exit from Libra.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Peggotty was dressed as usual, in her neat and quiet mourning; but Mr. Barkis bloomed in a new blue coat, of which the tailor had given him such good measure, that the cuffs would have rendered gloves unnecessary in the coldest weather, while the collar was so high that it pushed his hair up on end on the top of his head.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was some consolation to think that his visit to Rosings was to end on the day after the next—and, a still greater, that in less than a fortnight she should herself be with Jane again, and enabled to contribute to the recovery of her spirits, by all that affection could do.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

You can sign on a business partner, agent, manager, writing partner, or any other professional who will work with you in a close one-on-one way at month’s end on November 29 when Mercury and Saturn will form the basis for a long and profitable partnership.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)