Definition of "end" [end]

• Either extremity of something that has length: the end of the pier. (noun)
• The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary: the end of town. (noun)
• The point in time when an action, an event, or a phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion: the end of the day. (noun)
• A result; an outcome. (noun)
• Something toward which one strives; a goal. See Synonyms at intention. (noun)

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• "GIF counter db 0; To keep track of number of files viewed in_prog db 0 end_prog: filename db 50 dup (?) _end: end main"
• "Anchors at the end of the line. end$ requires the text end to be at the end of the line, with no intervening spaces or text."
• "Is not God Himself the beginning, centre, end -- nay, not _end_, because it endureth for ever -- of all real, true love?"