END-TO-END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does end-to-end mean? 

• END-TO-END (adjective)
  The adjective END-TO-END has 1 sense:

1. with the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object

  Familiarity information: END-TO-END used as an adjective is very rare.

• END-TO-END (adverb)
  The adverb END-TO-END has 1 sense:

1. from first to last

  Familiarity information: END-TO-END used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• END-TO-END (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object

Similar:

lengthways; lengthwise (running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing)

• END-TO-END (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From first to last

Synonyms:

end-to-end; throughout

Context example:

the play was excellent end-to-end

 Context examples 

Nucleotides are attached end-to-end to form the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.

(Nucleotide, NCI Dictionary)

Surgical removal of the lower part of the stomach with end-to-end anastomosis of the remaining segment of the stomach with the jejunum; in this procedure the duodenum is closed off.

(Billroth II Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical removal of the lower part of the stomach with end-to-end anastomosis of the remaining segment of the stomach with the duodenum.

(Billroth I Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)