The word 告终 (gàozhōng), meaning "to come to an end" or "to conclude," is a compound formed by combining two meaningful characters: 告 (gào), which means "to tell," "to announce," or "to declare," and 终 (zhōng), which means "end," "termination," or "final." The formation follows a logical, verb-complement structure where 告 acts as the action of announcing or signaling, and 终 specifies the nature or result of that action—namely, the announcement or arrival of the conclusion. Thus, the term conceptually signifies "to declare as finished," effectively capturing the process of something reaching its definitive endpoint.