Definition of 'dead end'
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dead end in British English
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dead-end in American English
adjective
verb intransitive
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(sense 3) after Dead End, a play (1935) by Sidney Kingsley about New York slum life
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dead end in American English
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dead-end in American English
(ˈdedˈend)
adjective
1.
terminating in a dead end
a dead-end street
2. Also: dead-ended
having no possibility for or hope of progress, advancement, etc
a low-level, dead-end job
3.
leading a life in the slums
growing up as a tough dead-end kid
intransitive verb
4.
to come to a dead end
The road dead-ends at the lake
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dead-end
He was a dull, nondescript man in a dull, dead-end job.
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British English: dead end
/ˈdɛd ˈɛnd/ NOUN
If a street is a dead end, there is no way out at one end of it.
There was another alleyway which came to a dead end.
- American English: dead end /ˈdɛd ˈɛnd/
- Arabic: طَرِيق مَسْدُود
- Brazilian Portuguese: beco sem saída
- Chinese: 尽头
- Croatian: slijepa ulica
- Czech: slepá ulička
- Danish: blindgyde
- Dutch: doodlopende straat
- European Spanish: callejón sin salida
- Finnish: umpikuja
- French: impasse
- German: Sackgasse
- Greek: αδιέξοδο
- Italian: senza uscita
- Japanese: 行き止まり
- Korean: 종점
- Norwegian: blindvei
- Polish: ślepa uliczka
- European Portuguese: beco sem saída
- Romanian: fundătură
- Russian: тупик
- Latin American Spanish: callejón sin salida
- Swedish: återvändsgränd
- Thai: ทางตัน
- Turkish: çıkmaz sokak
- Ukrainian: тупик
- Vietnamese: ngõ cụt
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