endgame



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endgame

The final stages of a process, development, or activity. An allusion to the last stage in chess, when the majority of pieces have been removed from the board. The two companies began the endgame of their historic, multi-billion-dollar merger deal.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Florettaflo-RE-tah (German)English, German (Rare)
Kaila-Yiddish
Angelikaahn-GE-lee-kah (German), ahn-ge-LEE-kah (Polish)German, Polish, Slovak, Czech
Witt[wit]
Rhianu-Welsh
Feodosiy-Russian