Definition of 'endless'
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endless in British English
adjective
2.
continuing too long or continually recurring
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endlessly (ˈendlessly) adverb
endlessness (ˈendlessness)
noun
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endless in American English
adjective
4.
with the ends joined to form a closed unit that can move continuously over wheels, etc.
an endless chain
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Derived forms
endlessly (ˈendlessly)
adverb
endlessness (ˈendlessness)
noun
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endless in American English
(ˈendlɪs)
adjective
SYNONYMS 1. limitless, illimitable, unending, unceasing, continuous, perpetual. See eternal.1.
having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant
an endless series of complaints
Time is endless
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endlessly adverb
endlessness
noun
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endless
British English: endless
/ˈɛndlɪs/ ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as endless, you mean that it lasts so long that it seems as if it will never end.
...an endless meeting.
- American English: endless /ˈɛndlɪs/
- Arabic: لا نِهَايَة له
- Brazilian Portuguese: infinito
- Chinese: 无止境的
- Croatian: beskrajan
- Czech: nekonečný
- Danish: endeløs
- Dutch: eindeloos
- European Spanish: interminable
- Finnish: loputon
- French: infini
- German: endlos
- Greek: ατελείωτος
- Italian: infinito
- Japanese: 終わりのない
- Korean: 끝없는
- Norwegian: endeløs
- Polish: nieskończony
- European Portuguese: infinito
- Romanian: nesfârșit
- Russian: бесконечный
- Latin American Spanish: interminable
- Swedish: oupphörlig
- Thai: ซึ่งไม่สิ้นสุด
- Turkish: sonsuz
- Ukrainian: нескінченний
- Vietnamese: vô tận
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