Complete Definition of "dead-end"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-dead-end.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|pos=dead-end

  1. Going nowhere; blocked.

#:a dead-end street
#:a dead-end job

Translations

French: sans issue, cul de sac, impasse
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Verb
en-verb|inf=dead-end

  1. US To come to a dead-end

#: Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!

Noun
en-noun|sg=dead-end

  1. The end of a road, (or by extention), the end of any event.

#:We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.
#:Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.

Translations

French: être sans issue
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Hebrew: ���� סת�� (mavoi satum) m

zh:dead-end

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