End-all

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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