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At the end of sth and In the end of sth

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at the end of something—

1. in the farthest or last part of smth.:

  • The player tries to catch with his teeth a cherry suspended at the end of a string.

2. at the finish of an event or activity:

  • The audience gave him a big hand at the end of the performance.

3. at the conclusion of a period:

  • The fully anglicized spelling genteel came in at the end of the 17th century.

in the end of something—

1. = at the end of something 1:

  • I adjusted the knot in the end of the rope to be as a small as possible and as close to the end of the rope as possible.

2. = at the end of something 3:

  • The latter pronunciation appears to have been the only one in common use in the end of the 18th century.