Definition of "end-to-end" in 英语

adjective

1. (of a collection of items) Arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.

   • We laid a long end-to-end row of bricks.

2. From one end to the other; entire.

   • The end-to-end trip takes about forty minutes.
   • End-to-end encryption involves uninterrupted protection of data traveling between two communicating parties.

3. (soccer) Smoothly alternating between attacking and defensive plays.