DEAD END | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of dead end in English
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Examples of dead end
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Yet this dead end was only the last stop on a rich journey that included many highlights.
Some of the worst dead end careers have very high starting salaries.
Unfortunately for the fish, the canal was closed for the night, creating a dead end .
None of the other cars was making that turn; it was a dead end .
The universities therefore find themselves at what may be a dead end .
Those who want to move away from the dead end of violent revolution and repression we can help.
I would greatly appreciate any information you can provide; our doctors seem to be at a dead end .
The road to socialism reaches the inevitable dead end .
They tried to lose him but ended up stuck in a dead end .
Though negotiations have reached a dead end , they refuse to throw in the towel.
We thought it was important to show that when you choose this path, it's a dead end .
A glacial mist still covers the trees that surround this dead -end road, making it hard to distinguish dawn from dusk.
The ancient clam family appears to have no modern descendents, an evolutionary dead -end .
They evolved something more like our nose, although these were just dead -end holes in their heads.
The difference between promising and dead -end technologies was too hard to predict -- especially decades ago, when work in all these fields began.
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Translations of dead end
in Chinese (Traditional)
死路, 困境，絕境…
in Chinese (Simplified)
死路, 困境，绝境…
in Spanish
callejón sin salida, callejón sin salida [masculine], sin futuro…
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beco sem saída, rua sem saída [feminine], beco sem saída [masculine]…
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çıkmaz sokak, çıkışı, sonu olmayan bir durum…
impasse [feminine], cul-de-sac, sans avenir…
行（い）き止（ど）まり, 行（ゆ）き詰（づ）まり…
doodlopende weg, uitzichtloos…
slepá ulice, bezvýhledný, bídný…
lukket vej, blind vej, udsigtsløs…
ngõ cụt, tình trạng bế tắc…
ślepa uliczka, wiodący donikąd, bez perspektyw…
återvändsgata, som leder ingen vart, [jobb] utan befordringsmöjligheter…
die Sackgasse, ausweglos…
blindvei [masculine], blindspor [neuter], blindvei…
глухий кут, безперспективний…
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