endless

Everyday

1. Endless means without an end, going on for ever. tree →
2. In everyday talk endless means seeming to go on for a very long time, or very many. tree →

In the lessons

In stories it paints big spaces and long waits: endless desert, endless sea, an endless day. In maths the number line and counting are truly endless. Phrases: «endless questions», «the list is endless», «endless fun», «an endless supply».

Examples

• The car journey felt endless. tree →
• The desert stretched out, endless and hot. tree →
• My little brother asks endless questions. tree →
• Counting numbers is endless; there is always one more. tree →
• We had endless fun at the beach. tree →
• The sky looked endless from the top of the hill. tree →
• There seemed to be an endless line of people. tree →
• The endless halls shine in marble and many colors. tree →

Note

Endless + adverb «endlessly». Usually it is exaggeration: an «endless» lesson did end. In maths, «infinite» is the exact word for truly endless; a circle has no end but is not infinitely long.

In Jewish tradition

In stories it paints big spaces and long waits: endless desert, endless sea, an endless day. In maths the number line and counting are truly endless. Phrases: «endless questions», «the list is endless», «endless fun», «an endless supply».

Examples

• On this point endless dis- cussions arose; and it has even been disputed whether they are designed to express theological, philosophical, or physical mysteries. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Endless + adverb «endlessly». Usually it is exaggeration: an «endless» lesson did end. In maths, «infinite» is the exact word for truly endless; a circle has no end but is not infinitely long.