English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-dead-end.ogg|Audio (US)
Adjective
en-adj|pos=dead-end
- 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
- 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
- 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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