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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the ultimate goal;
- Example: "human beings are not the end-all of evolution"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

End-all \End"-all`\, n.
   1. Complete termination. [R.]
      [1913 Webster]

            That but this blow
            Might be the be-all and the end-all here. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. the primary or only purpose or goal; as, winning office is
      the be-all and end-all of a politician's life.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

end-all
    n 1: the ultimate goal; "human beings are not the end-all of
         evolution"