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fi⋅nal

[fahyn-l]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.
2. ultimate: The final goal is world peace.
3. conclusive or decisive: a final decision.
4. constituting the end or purpose: a final result.
5. pertaining to or expressing the end or purpose: a final clause.
6. Law.
a. precluding further controversy on the questions passed upon: The judicial determination of the Supreme Court is final.
b. determining all issues presented, so that no further decision upon the merits of the issues is necessary: a final judgment or decree.
7. Phonetics. occurring at the end of a word or syllable, as the (t) sound in bit or bite.
–noun
8. that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
9. Often, finals.
a. the last and decisive game, match, contest, or round in a series, as in sports.
b. the last, usually comprehensive, examination in a course of study.
10. the last edition of a newspaper published on any day.
11. Music. the tonic note of a church mode.

Origin:
1300–50; 1915–20 for def. 10; ME < L fīnālis, equiv. to fīn(is) end + -ālis -al 1


1. See last 1 . 3. definite, irrevocable, irreversible, unalterable.


1. initial, first.
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fi·nal   (fī'nəl)   
adj.  
  1. Forming or occurring at the end; last: the final scene of a film.

  2. Of or constituting the end result of a succession or process; ultimate: an act with both an immediate and a final purpose.

  3. Not to be changed or reconsidered; unalterable: The judge's decision is final. See Synonyms at last1.

n.  Something that comes at or forms the end, especially:
a. The last or one of the last of a series of contests: the finals of a state spelling bee.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fīnālis, from fīnis, end.]
fi'nal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

final 
c.1330, from L. finalis "of or pertaining to an end," from finis "end." Finalize is first recorded 1922 in Australian Eng. Finalist "competitor remaining after eliminations" is from 1898. Final solution is from 1947, a translation of Ger. Endlösungihame, name given to Nazi Jewish policy from 1941.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: fi·nal
Function: adjective
1 : ending a court action or proceeding leaving nothing further to be determined by the court or to be done except execution of the judgment but not precluding appeal —used of an order, decision, judgment, decree, determination, or sentence —see also FINALITY, FINAL JUDGMENT RULE —compare INTERLOCUTORY
2 : being a decision that precludes the right to appeal or to continue a case in any other court upon the merits: as a : being a decision for which availability of appeal has been exhausted and concerning which a writ of certiorari has been denied or the time to petition for certiorari has expired b : being a decision of the Supreme Court of the U.S. that terminates the litigation between parties on the merits and leaves nothing for the lower court to do in case of an affirmance except to execute the judgment
3 : being the last in a series, process, or progress final payment>
Idioms & Phrases

final

see in the final analysis.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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