Meanings
- not comparableOf a collection of items, arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.
We laid a long end-to-end row of bricks.
Antonyms: side-by-side
- idiomaticnot comparableFrom one end to the other; entire.
The end-to-end trip takes about forty minutes.
4 more examples
End-to-end encryption involves uninterrupted protection of data traveling between two communicating parties.
There is a vestibule connection at each end of every vehicle, so that however how long the train an end-to-end passage is possible.
1958 May 28, “Diesel Railcars for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 353End-to-end journey times could be double that of lorries on the expanding motorway network, and it was more difficult than ever to path trains between fast passenger services.
2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67Telegram, however, only turns on end-to-end encryption for “secret chats”, an option that users must actively select for each individual contact. Such chats “are meant for people who want more secrecy than the average fella”, the service explains in an FAQ.
2021 January 24, Alex Hern, “WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update”, in The Guardian - not comparableball gamesSmoothly alternating between attacking and defensive plays.
But rather than the end-to-end action of the first half, much of the entertainment took place in the Sunderland third.
2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a collection of items, arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewith the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object
adverbfrom first to last
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 端到端
- 端到端 (duāndàoduān)entire
Norwegian Bokmål ende-til-ende
- ende-til-endeentire
Cite this entry
end-to-end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end-to-end
“end-to-end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end-to-end. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “end-to-end,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/end-to-end.
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