Check and Ending

Check

Check noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Usage example: the announcement of bad news gave a sudden check to the celebration

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Ending and check are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ending" instead a noun "Check".

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

Ending noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Usage example: the best part about any dental procedure is its ending

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Check and ending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead the word "Ending" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: end, ended

good	good check	good ending
full	full check	full ending
special	special check	special ending
usual	usual check	usual ending
Other adjectives: standard, fake, proper, single, entire, real, big, serious, bad, final, last.

Rule of thumb to tell if an instance of Multiple Endings falls under this subtrope is to check whether they are mainly referred to as "Faction A's ending", "Faction B's ending", etc.

Source: Faction-Specific Endings
Everything seems to leading towards a happy ending, until Hayley, Emily's friend and Adam's love interest, has a nasty fall while coming into the hospital room to check up on Emily, and dies.

Source: Sudden Downer Ending
In the true ending he actually wears it triumphantly, but then simply returns home to check on his mom, so thankfully it's not like he became corrupted or anything.

Source: Video Game / Teslagrad

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