What is "in the end"

End \End\ ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ["a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]

1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

   Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.
   --Eccl. vii. 8.

2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

   My guilt be on my head, and there an end.
   --Shak.

   O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!
   --Shak.

3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

   Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
   --Pope.

   Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end.
   --Shak.

   I shall see an end of him.
   --Shak.

4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.

   Losing her, the end of living lose.
   --Dryden.

   When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
   --Coleridge.

5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

   I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
   --Shak.

6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. An end.

   1. On end; upright; erect; endways.
      --Spenser

   2. To the end; continuously. [Obs.]
      --Richardson.

      End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles.

      End fly, a bobfly.

      End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order.

      End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels.

      End on (Naut.), bow foremost.

      End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally.

      End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers.

      End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement.

      End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play.

      Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth.

      In the end, finally.
      --Shak.

      On end, upright; erect.

      To the end, in order.
      --Bacon.

      To make both ends meet, to live within one's income.
      --Fuller.

      To put an end to, to destroy.

adv. eventually, finally.

1. adv. after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in the long run" [syn: in the long run]

2. as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over" [syn: ultimately, finally, at last, at long last]

"In the End" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the eighth track on their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000) and was released as the album's fourth and final single on October 9, 2001. "In the End" is one of Linkin Park's most recognizable and signature songs. It is the second most played song in all of the band's live performances, after " One Step Closer".

"In the End" received positive reviews by music critics, with most reviewers complimenting the song's signature piano riff, as well as noting rapper Mike Shinoda's vocal prominence in the song. "In the End" also achieved mainstream popularity, and was a commercial success upon release. The song reached the top ten of numerous worldwide music charts and reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's highest peak on the chart, as well as their first song that peaked within the Top 40. It also reached number one on the Z100 Top 100 songs of 2002 countdown. This song also ranked at #121 in Blender magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born. The song is Billboards second most played rock song of the decade. It was also remixed on Reanimation as "Enth E ND". The music video of the song, directed by Nathan Cox and the band's turntablist Joe Hahn, featured the band in a fantasy setting.

Chester Bennington, the band's lead vocalist, initially disliked this song and didn't want it to be included on Hybrid Theory.

"In the End" is a song by Dominican American recording artist Kat DeLuna's. It served as the fourth single from DeLuna's debut album 9 Lives.

"In the End" is a song by Northern Irish- Scottish alternative rock group Snow Patrol. The track is the fourth single from the band's sixth studio album, Fallen Empires, it was released as a digital download on 13 February 2012.

"In the End" is a song by Swiss recording artist Stefanie Heinzmann. It was written by Heinzmann along with Edvard Førre Erfjord, Henrik Michelsen, and Sam Romans and produced by production team Electric for her fourth atusio album Chance of Rain (2015).

" In the End" is a song by Linkin Park.

In the End may also refer to:

In music:

• "In the End" (Black Veil Brides song), 2012
• "In the End" (Kat DeLuna song), 2008
• "In the End" (Snow Patrol song), 2012
• In the End: Live & Rare, an EP by Linkin Park
• "In the End", a song by Anthrax from Worship Music
• "In the End", a song by Drake Bell from Telegraph
• "In the End", a song by Green Day from Dookie
• "In the End", a song by Rush from Fly by Night
• "In the End", a song by Vanessa Carlton from Rabbits on the Run
• "In the End", a song by Yusuf Islam from An Other Cup

In other uses:

• In the End, a sequel to the radio adaptation of the novel In the Red by Mark Tavener
• "In the End", a short story by Neil Gaiman from Smoke and Mirrors
• And in the End..., the series finale of ER