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l adjective
1.
pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.
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.
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.
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Finals
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1300–50; 1915–20 for def 10; Middle English < Latin fīnālis, equivalent to fīn(is) end + -ālis -al1
1300–50; 1915–20 for def 10; Middle English < Latin fīnālis, equivalent to fīn(is) end + -ālis -al1
Related forms
pseu·do·fi·nal, adjective
pseu·do·fi·nal·ly, adverb
qua·si-fi·nal, adjective
Antonyms
1. initial, first.
1. initial, first.
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final (ˈfaɪnəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or occurring at the end; concluding; ultimate; last |
| 2. | having no possibility for further discussion, action, or change; conclusive; decisive: a final decree of judgment |
| 3. | relating to or constituting an end or purpose: a final clause may be introduced by ``in order to'' |
| 4. | phonetics medial Compare initial at the end of a word: ``cat'' has a final ``t'' |
| 5. | music another word for perfect |
| —n | |
| 6. | a terminal or last thing; end |
| 7. | a deciding contest between the winners of previous rounds in a competition |
| 8. | music the tonic note of a church mode |
| [C14: from Latin fīnālis, from fīnis limit, boundary] | |
| finals (ˈfaɪnəlz) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | the deciding part or parts of a sports or other competition |
| 2. | education the last examination series in an academic or professional course |
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Word Origin & History
final
early 14c., from L. finalis "of or pertaining to an end," from finis "end" (see finish). Finalist "competitor remaining after eliminations" is from 1898.
finals
short for final exams, by 1890.
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Example sentences from the web
The voting procedure was changed for subsequent grand finals.
Because of this, the actual finals proved to be quite unpredictable.
This continued during the war years and they won the war cup and appeared in finals.
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