Meaning of ENDLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'endlis
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- [adj] occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"
- [adj] having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain"
- [adj] having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth"
- [adj] infinitely great in number; "endless waves"
- [adj] tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
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| | Synonyms: | | continual, continuous, dateless, eternal, incessant, infinite, interminable, long, perpetual, sempiternal, uninterrupted |
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| | Definition: | | \End"less\, a. [AS. endele['a]s. See {End}.]
1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual;
interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as,
an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless
praise; endless clamor.
2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. --Shak.
3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.]
``All loves are endless.'' --Beau. & Fl.
4. Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.
{Endless chain}, a chain which is made continuous by uniting
its two ends.
{Endless screw}. (Mech.) See under {Screw}.
Syn: Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited;
incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual;
unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.
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