Meaning of "end up" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF END UP

end up

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF END UP

End up is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb end up in English.

WHAT DOES END UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of end up in the English dictionary

The definition of end up in the dictionary is to become eventually; turn out to be. Other definition of end up is to arrive, esp by a circuitous or lengthy route or process.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO END UP

PRESENT

Present

I end up

you end up

he/she/it ends up

we end up

you end up

they end up

Present continuous

I am ending up

you are ending up

he/she/it is ending up

we are ending up

you are ending up

they are ending up

Present perfect

I have ended up

you have ended up

he/she/it has ended up

we have ended up

you have ended up

they have ended up

Present perfect continuous

I have been ending up

you have been ending up

he/she/it has been ending up

we have been ending up

you have been ending up

they have been ending up

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ended up

you ended up

he/she/it ended up

we ended up

you ended up

they ended up

Past continuous

I was ending up

you were ending up

he/she/it was ending up

we were ending up

you were ending up

they were ending up

Past perfect

I had ended up

you had ended up

he/she/it had ended up

we had ended up

you had ended up

they had ended up

Past perfect continuous

I had been ending up

you had been ending up

he/she/it had been ending up

we had been ending up

you had been ending up

they had been ending up

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will end up

you will end up

he/she/it will end up

we will end up

you will end up

they will end up

Future continuous

I will be ending up

you will be ending up

he/she/it will be ending up

we will be ending up

you will be ending up

they will be ending up

Future perfect

I will have ended up

you will have ended up

he/she/it will have ended up

we will have ended up

you will have ended up

they will have ended up

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ending up

you will have been ending up

he/she/it will have been ending up

we will have been ending up

you will have been ending up

they will have been ending up

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would end up

you would end up

he/she/it would end up

we would end up

you would end up

they would end up

Conditional continuous

I would be ending up

you would be ending up

he/she/it would be ending up

we would be ending up

you would be ending up

they would be ending up

Conditional perfect

I would have end up

you would have end up

he/she/it would have end up

we would have end up

you would have end up

they would have end up

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ending up

you would have been ending up

he/she/it would have been ending up

we would have been ending up

you would have been ending up

they would have been ending up

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you end up
we let´s end up
you end up

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to end up

Past participle

ended up

Present Participle

ending up

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «END UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «end up» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of end up

fetch up · pan out · stop · wind up

TRANSLATION OF END UP

Find out the translation of end up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of end up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «end up» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 结果
• Translator English - Spanish: terminar
• English: end up
• Translator English - Hindi: समाप्त
• Translator English - Arabic: ينتهي
• Translator English - Russian: закончить
• Translator English - Portuguese: terminar
• Translator English - Bengali: শেষ কর
• Translator English - French: finir
• Translator English - Malay: Berakhir
• Translator English - German: enden
• Translator English - Japanese: 結局
• Translator English - Korean: 결국
• Translator English - Javanese: Mungkasi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kết thúc
• Translator English - Tamil: முடிவடையும்
• Translator English - Marathi: शेवट
• Translator English - Turkish: sonuçlanmak
• Translator English - Italian: finire
• Translator English - Polish: skończyć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: закінчити
• Translator English - Romanian: sfârșesc
• Translator English - Greek: καταλήγουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: beland
• Translator English - Swedish: hamna
• Translator English - Norwegian: ende opp

10 QUOTES WITH «END UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word end up.

1

David Baldacci

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

2

Peter Baynham

Christmas movies, it's a hard thing to do. The danger is you just end up with a Hollywood star with a Santa beard. You risk it being fake and cheesy and not real.

3

Gael Garcia Bernal

In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America.

4

Omar Bongo

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.

5

Amanda Burton

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.

6

Ryan Cartwright

With pilot season, you have to jump through so many hoops, there are so many people in the room, you end up doing four or five auditions. You're just quaking by the end of it.

7

Nick Cave

There are methods to creating a mayhem that sounds different from your usual mayhem. Because mayhem and a heavy drum backbeat end up sounding like Green Day or something. But if you put a different beat within it to create some air and lightness, the chaos comes through better.

8

Bootsy Collins

I used to draw stickmen with star glasses when I was at school. I didn't realise that would end up being me! The whole idea was that the glasses had mirrors, and if a youngster looked at me, they'd see themselves. Everybody is a star.

9

Timothy Dalton

If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times in your life, you're going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he's obviously such a brilliant, brilliant writer.

10

Shepard Fairey

Art shows and the institutions end up being the couriers for culture for the next generation and are an important component as well. It may seem ironic from one perspective, but I think if you look at my overall strategy, it's actually not out of step.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «END UP»

Discover the use of end up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to end up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip ...

Told in his own words, here is Wallace’s own story, and his astonishing, humane, alert way of looking at the world; here are stories of being a young writer—of being young generally—trying to knit together your ideas of who you should ...

David Lipsky, 2010

Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema

The story that unfolds is often funny and sometimes tragic, but undeniably revealing. This new edition includes an expanded filmography and previously unpublished interview material and stills.

Simon Sheridan, 2011

This End Up: Original Approaches to Packaging Design

In arguably the most commercially driven area of graphic design, the work must stand out with personality, charm and impact.

Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, 2003

You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This: ...

Now friend and collaborator, Terence Blacker unravels the intimate truth of Willie Donaldson's strange story in all its glamour, hilarity and pain. 'What a young fool I was.

Terence Blacker, 2012

Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity, and ...

In Wherever I Wind Up, Dickey eloquently shares his quintessentially American tale of overcoming extraordinary odds to achieve a game, a career, and a life unlike any other.

R.A. Dickey, 2012

The Dead-End (up) Here: Shiva You Do Not See, Screams You Do ...

It seemed to hold many truths within it and I think this is a piece many will enjoy and relate to." This book is a story disguised as poetry.

Sunil Vidyarthi, 2011

Divorced and Dating Women How Not to End Up with Another ...

Categories. Category 1 Just playing the odds. Category 2 He just wants to have sex with you. Category 3 He really wants to get to know you. Category 1 is the most-used category because many men are like the old Pac-Man computer game .

T. D. McRoy, 2008

Dead Ever After: A True Blood Novel

But with life comes new trials... The question is, in the end: who will love, who will live, and who will be dead ever after? Learn more about Charlaine Harris at www.charlaineharris.com.

Charlaine Harris, 2013

Knowing Which End Is Up

Whole-ness produces holiness... which is where God designed us to end up ( 1Peter 1:16). God knows, and wants us to know, that our human nature is vulnerable... easily mis-led. Therefore, He seeks to show us that human error begins, ...

Diane Slonecker, 2005

It May End Up Killing You: Hard-Fought Lessons From a Life ...

A top boxing trainer who has worked with Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, and Manny Pacquiao offers tales of his abusive youth, his own boxing career, his battle against Parkinson's disease, and his time training some of the greatest fighters ...

Freddie Roach, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «END UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term end up is used in the context of the following news items.

Maine could end up in court to cover for LePage's incompetence

If the administration follows through on LePage's pledge not to enforce the new laws, it's a needless battle that could nevertheless end up in ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»

Jailed legal high addict: 'Don't end up like me'

Moments before he was jailed, a man whose life has been ruined by legal highs has issued a desperate warning to the town's youth – “don't ... «Filey Today, Jul 15»

Unemployment exchanges in Haryana: Lakhs registered, few end …

Enrolling with the Haryana employment exchanges? If you are lucky, you may end up getting jobs such as sweeper, peon, water boy or ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

Across The World Over 82% Journos Covering Politics End Up …

We recently reported of the mysterious death of journalist Akshay Singh, who was investigating the Vyapam scam. Whether his death was ... «Indiatimes.com, Jul 15»

Telegraph comment: Could taxpayers end up paying for Sisu's new …

It's third time lucky for Sisu. Yesterday was their third attempt to secure an appeal against their defeat in last summer's judicial review. «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»

A flop chop Spurs will end up regretting

Tottenham are undoing a revamp of their squad this summer, with another assault on the Champions League qualification berths the ultimate ... «FootballFanCast.com, Jul 15»

Let sister know you want to end estrangement

I think it's an either/or situation — you can try to prove she caused it, maybe even succeed in getting her to admit that, but end up being right ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»

Families in Merseyside will end up 'paying the price' for Osborne's …

Families in Merseyside will end up “paying the price” for George Osborne's Budget, a leading MP warned as the dust settled on the ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

Mailbag: How undefeated Ohio State could end up in playoff danger

One quick note before we get to this week's Mailbag questions. If you're on Facebook and would like some college football articles to break up ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»

“They could end up on eBay” – experts worry about the BBC's great …

But Miles Berry, senior ICT lecturer at Roehampton University, warned: “I do worry that some sets might end up in the back of school IT ... «TES News, Jul 15»