Endless Meaning
/ˈɛndlɪs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving no end.
adjExtending indefinitely.
Sentence Examples
Social unrest may come about as a result of the endless rising of prices.
It will only mean an endless debate.
Kozue thought the teacher's lecture was dull, boring and endless.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ desert seemed to stretch out forever without any sign of an oasis.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The desert stretched out in an ____ line of golden sand dunes.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station."
— 1942 May-June, “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:
"In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions."
— 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 64:
"All loves are endless."
— c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ desert seemed to stretch out forever without any sign of an oasis.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The desert stretched out in an ____ line of golden sand dunes.