OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 47249

happy ending

/ˌhæpi ˈɛndɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
final feliz
A conclusion to a story in which all the loose ends of the plot are tied up, and all the main characters are left in a state of contentment or happiness.
The heroine was killed, and since then the happy ending has only been preserved in an appendix in the play.
[A]nother would say that it [a novel being good] depends on a "happy ending," on a distribution at the last of prizes, pensions, husbands, wives, babies, millions, appended paragra…
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