Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on end

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.66 in modern English

Syllables: on end
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

without interruption, without stopping, continuously

prep_phrase

upright; erect; endways

Dated

Example Sentences

"These batteries last for hours on end."
"The arrangement of some seats facing and some one behind the other, bus fashion, seems a sensible compromise; I am one of those who do not enjoy staring at my fellow travellers for perhaps hours on end."
"How silent, on the other hand, lie all Cotton-trades and such like; not a steeple-chimney yet got on end from sea to sea!"
"When he was dried he struggled into his shirt. Then, ruddy and shiny, with hair on end, and his flannelette shirt hanging over his pit-trousers, he stood warming the garments he was going to put on."

Usage

Dated

Phrases

in a row stand on end

Frequently Paired Words

in a row stand on end

Questions

What does on end mean?: without interruption, without stopping, continuously

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