end to end
Touching at extremities
End to end describes something that spans an entire process, system, or distance from beginning to finish: end-to-end encryption protects data throughout its journey, end-to-end testing checks a complete workflow.
Objects placed end to end are arranged so one's end touches another's: The boards laid end to end stretched forty feet.
Often hyphenated when used as a modifier.
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- from start to finishEntire duration covered
- seamlessWithout visible joins
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- soup to nutsComplete in every respect
whole · connected · unbroken · journey · pipeline · data flow · flow · throughput · integrated · holistic · start · finish · full-length · chain · supply chain · linked · encrypted · secure
- end-to-end phrasesfront to back, nose to tail, bumper to bumper, stem to stern, start to finish
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
- nearnessnear, nearby, close, adjacent, next to
end to endside by side
Adjacent and parallel
side to side · parallel · abreast · adjacent · laterally
end to endpiecemeal
In separate stages
partial · fragmented · incomplete · segmented · intermittent
end to endside by side
Adjacent and parallel
in parallel · stacked · overlapping · nested · bundled
end, ends, ended, ending, endings, endless, endlessly, endlessness, unending