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fi⋅nal

  [fahyn-l]
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–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

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

Antonyms:
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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