different between ending vs resolution

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??

Etymology 1

From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ?eendung (“ending”), equivalent to end +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

Noun

ending (plural endings)

1. A termination or conclusion.
2. The last part of something.
3. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

Synonyms

• (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
• (last part of something): end, finale
• (grammar): termination, suffix

Derived terms

• bad ending
• good ending

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andij?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andij?n? (“to end”), equivalent to end +? -ing.

Verb

ending

1. present participle of end

Anagrams

• Ningde, ginned

Icelandic

Etymology

From enda (“to end”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nti?k/

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

1. end, ending
2. durability
3. (grammar) ending, suffix

Declension

Middle English

Noun

ending

1. Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ende +? -ing

Noun

ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

Synonyms

• endelse

References

• “ending” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende +? -ing

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References

• “ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“a breaking into part”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resol?ti? (“a loosening, solution”), from resolv? (“I loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solv? (“I loosen”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??lu??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z??l(j)u?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -u???n
• Hyphenation: re?so?lu?tion

Noun

resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)

1. A strong will, determination.
2. The state of being resolute.

3. A statement of intent, a vow

4. The act of discerning detail.
5. (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

6. (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

7. (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.

   name resolution

8. (mathematics) The act or process of solving; solution.

   the resolution of an equation

9. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

   The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.

10. (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
11. (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
12. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
13. (literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
14. (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• polygon resolution
• texture resolution

References

• resolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia