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# cliffhanger

noun (a cliffhanger, cliffhangers)

«cliffhanger» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cliffhanger is an exciting ending to a chapter or episode that leaves you not knowing what will happen next, so you want to read or watch more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/#m1)
2. A cliffhanger is also any contest or situation where the result stays uncertain until the very end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons on writing stories and suspense: end a chapter with a cliffhanger; in TV series and books; in sport, a close game; it tells the reader to keep going.

### Examples

- The chapter ended on a cliffhanger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/#x1)
- I couldn't stop reading because of the cliffhangers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/#x2)
- The match was a real cliffhanger until the final whistle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/#x3)
- Write a cliffhanger to end your story's middle part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/#x4)
- The TV series always ends with a cliffhanger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/#x5)

### Note

Countable. One word. The idea comes from old stories where the hero was left hanging from a cliff at the end of an episode.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cliffhanger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliffhanger/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cliffhanger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cliffhanger.html) on Mova free.