end game

Noun

Meaning

the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board

the final stages of an extended process of negotiation

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

end-game

Synonyms

endgame end cause object purpose care goal target aim objective agenda ambition aspiration carrot last mile
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Antonyms

dawn first early old beginning start
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Hypernyms

end last

Examples

I think we are in the end game. The next six to nine months are going to tell whether we can produce a decent outcome in Iraq. Thomas Friedman

Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher. Yann Martel

You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart. Kevin Costner

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director. Adam Shankman

It's never bad to be liked, and who doesn't feel good being liked, but that can't be your end game goal. Jessica Capshaw

I think we've overstated that God is the God who wants us to obey. Obedience is not the end game. Obedience is only our calling so that we can step into our freedom. Erwin McManus

Close letter words and terms

end feel end for end end foremost end girder end goal end gradually