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I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood.
Tom Berenger

Meaning of "tail end" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAIL END

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAIL END

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tail end is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAIL END MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tail end in the English dictionary

The definition of tail end in the dictionary is the last, endmost, or final part.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAIL END

tail
tail assembly
tail beam
tail coat
tail covert
tail fan
tail feather
tail gate
tail lamp
tail off
tail out
tail rotor
tail section
tail unit
tail wheel
tail-heavy
tail-light
tail-like
tail-off
tailard

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAIL END

at a loose end
at an end
at the sharp end
back end
bottom end
come to an end
dead end
deep end
go off the deep end
in the end
no end
on end
small end
the end
tight end
to go off the deep end
to the bitter end
top end
world without end
year end

Synonyms and antonyms of tail end in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tail end» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAIL END

Find out the translation of tail end to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tail end from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tail end» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尾部
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

final de la cola
570 millions of speakers

English

tail end
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूंछ अंत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

задняя часть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extremidade da cauda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লেজর শেষ অংশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´extrémité de queue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hujung ekor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwanzende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最後尾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼬리 끝
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buntut pungkasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đuôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வால் இறுதியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेपूट शेवट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuyruk sonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koniec ogona
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

задня частина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coada
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέλος της ουράς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stertkant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tail end
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halen slutten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tail end

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAIL END»

The term «tail end» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.540 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAIL END» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tail end

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3 QUOTES WITH «TAIL END»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tail end.
1
Tom Berenger
I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood.
2
Jeff Grubb
Back when we started this at the tail end of 'Eye of the North,' Ree Soesbee and I worked out 250 years of timeline between the end of 'Eye of the North' and the beginning of 'Guild Wars 2.'
3
Ali Smith
I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by myself, playing games by myself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAIL END»

Discover the use of tail end in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tail end and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tail-End Charlie
Now, years later, he has carefully recreated his father's stories, writing them down as if his dad was speaking the words. In collaboration with Brita, he has illustrated them too. It’s for Charlie’s grandchildren – and for everyone.
Brita Granström, 2009
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Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944--45
This fascinating book is as valuable for its stories of joyous life on the ground as it is for its sobering tales of death in the air.
John Nichol, Tony Rennell, 2007
3
Tales from the Tail End
Only one who lives there can tell you. John Doyle does. These are questions of great interest to some 37 million people in the U.S. over 75 and many times that number of children and grandchildren.
John Doyle, 2010
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Tales from the Tail End: Adventures of a Vet in Practice
They say that truth is stranger than fiction, and these tales turn out to be stranger—and funnier—than you could ever have imagined.
Emma Milne, 2013
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Tail End Charlie: Memoir of a United States Marine in the ...
"The story begins with Jensen as a young man in New York in the 1960s, who, following in his brother's footsteps, decides to join the Marines in hopes of finding himself.
Ronald John Jensen, 2003
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Tail End Charlie-In Ole #605
Recaptured by the Germans, subjected to torture by the Gestapo, who claimed he was a Russian spy, he was finally liberated by General Patton’s 3rd Army.<P> The story of Moulton’s return to Slovakia more than a half-century later is a ...
Richard Wentworth Moulton, 2002
7
Jack the Station Cat and the Tail's End Tickets
like this when 'Coronation Hall' first steamed into Tail's End,” said Firefly's driver. “ How did it do that?” asked Monty and Merfyn. “They had to bring their own track this time.” “Tail's End had broad gauge first of all. But later they changed to ...
Alan Cliff, 2006
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Alcatel-Lucent Network Routing Specialist II (NRS II) ...
Resv Error messages travel downstream and are addressed to the tail end router. Resv Error messages modify the RSB on RSVP routers. Path Error messages do not modify the PSB on RSVP routers. None of the above answers are correct.
Glenn Warnock, Amin Nathoo, 2011
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Means to an End: U. S. Interest in the International ...
Praise for the hardcover edition of Means to an End"Books of this sort are all too rare. Two experienced policy intellectuals, one liberal, one conservative, have come together to find common ground on a controversial foreign policy issue.
Lee Feinstein, Tod Lindberg, 2011
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Organizational aspects of irrigation management at Dewahuwa ...
To get water into the tail-end of their tail-end F-channel the mers would close the head-end pipe outlets within the the turnout gates along the In action, the sought the help of the who closed head-end turnouts at their request, even on the "due ...
Ekanayake, R., Groenfeldt, D.

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAIL END»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tail end is used in the context of the following news items.
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UK weather: Tropical storm Bill crossing Atlantic to unleash 'tropical …
Britain is braced for the tail end of a violent Atlantic storm to unleash "tropical" downpours this week. Tropical storm Bill will start to shake things up on Thursday ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
Road race to wind through Boston tonight at tail end of rush hour
Boston police said they would have officers there to monitor the area. Police said that they did not expect traffic to be impacted since it is the tail end of rush hour. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
3
Judge makes 'longest tail' quip at tail end of shot deer case
A “tail” issue in a case involving the shooting of a native red Killarney stag was unresolved three and a half years after the offence and almost two years since it ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
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Furry-tail ending: Manchester Dogs Trust explain how to give a …
Thousands of canines are left homeless across the country every year, but one Manchester organisation is working hard to ensure every dog has its day. «Mancunian Matters, Mar 15»
5
AirAsia QZ8501: Plane's tail end retrieved from Java Sea
The tail of the AirAsia plane was today retrieved from the Java Sea by Indonesian investigators searching for the black box crucial to solve the mystery of the ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jan 15»
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Amy Williams' essay: Exotic beauty at the tail end of a dream
Every Friday, The News-Press' senior writer and storyteller Amy Bennett Williams shares one of her essays with listeners of NPR affiliate WGCU and on ... «The News-Press, Dec 14»
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Resort struck by tail-end of ex-hurricane
Autumn's first blast of wild weather blew across the Fylde coast when the tail end of Hurricane Gonzalo hit. Gusts of more than 70mph were recorded here as ... «Blackpool Gazette, Oct 14»

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