päättyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
• end noun The final point of something in space or time.
• finish verb To complete or bring something to an end.
• wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

päättyä is used for these senses in English:

• cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
• come out (copulative) To end up or result; to turn out to be.
• end (transitive) To finish, terminate.
• fall due (of an insurance, a lease, etc.) To reach the date for renewal.
• finish (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
• go out To become extinct, to expire.
• run out (intransitive) To expire; to come to an end.
• turn out (intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.

cease — full definition

1. verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
2. verb To stop doing something.

end — full definition

1. noun The final point of something in space or time.
2. noun A purpose or goal that something is aimed at.
3. verb To reach a conclusion, or to bring something to a conclusion.

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