beendigen

to come to an end; to end; to finish; to stop

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be|ẹn|den ptp bee\#ndet, ptp bee\#ndigt

vt

to end; Arbeit, Aufgabe etc to finish, to complete; Vortrag, Brief, Schulstunde, Versammlung to end, to bring to an end, to conclude; Streik, Streit, Krieg, Verhältnis to end, to bring to an end; Studium to complete; (COMPUT) Programm to quit; (als Menüpunkt) to exit; (in Startmenü) to shut down

der Abend wurde mit einer Diskussion beendet — the evening ended with or finished with a discussion

etw vorzeitig beenden — to cut sth short

sein Leben beenden (geh) — to end one's days; (durch Selbstmord) to take one's life

damit ist unser Konzert/unser heutiges Programm beendet — that brings to an end or concludes our concert/our programmes (Brit) or programs (US) for today

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1) (to complete: She finished off the job yesterday.) finish off

2) (to use, eat etc the last of; to finish: Finish up your meal as quickly as possible.) finish up

3) (to bring or come to an end or limit: She terminated the conversation.) terminate

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be·en·di·gen *

vt (geh) s. beenden

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beendigen v/t → beenden

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v.

to end v.

to finish v.