dénouement

Definitions

1. The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.
   countable, uncountable
2. outcome
3. Alternative spelling of dénouement.
   alt-of, alternative
4. dénouement (conclusion or resolution of a plot)
5. passing
6. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
7. third-person singular imperative

Equivalents

14 more languages

العربيةالخاتمة

Bosanskiисход

Cymraegdiweddglo

Suomiloppuratkaisu

Gaeilgescaoileadh

Hrvatskiисход

Magyarkimenetel

Bahasa Indonesialeraian

Nederlandsontknoping

Portuguêsdesfecho

Românădeznodământ

Русскийисходразвя́зкаразгадкаразрешение+ 1 more

Српскиисход

Svenskaupplösning

Examples

“The denouement is the moment when all of the knots of a story are untied, […] But the denouement should not be confused with the end⟳ of a story.”

“Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score⟳ and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run⟳, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.”

“In the sizzling two-hour denouement, for example, the music titan Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) discovered that he didn’t have⟳ a terminal illness after all (Dun-dun-DUN).”

“Some commentators have⟳ said one of the more recent fall-outs – over noise reduction specifications campaigned for by local residents – is a fitting denouement to what has been a humiliating drama.”

“Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister has at last⟳ reached its denouement.”

“And then, when all that is done, it somehow needs to find⟳ believable and distinct emotional denouements for (if I’ve counted correctly) 17 characters.”

“Emily was a great favourite with him; and he had always viewed the attachment, at whose dénouement between her and Lorraine, Lady Mandeville meant to preside, as a somewhat foolish romance.”

“At last⟳ this affair is moving towards the explosive dénouement he has been craving — the revelation, the release⟳ of tension, that will shake⟳ the universe in one fierce convulsion, and then allow⟳ everything to fall⟳ back into its rightful place⟳, restored to normality!”

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