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final
- /ˈfaɪnl̩/ UK
- /ˈfaɪn(ə)l/ US
- [-nəɫ] US
Rhymes with -aɪnəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from fīnis (“end”); see fine. Replaced native English endly (“final”).
noun finals · finall
- A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza.
- A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
adjective more final · most final · finall
- Last; ultimate. final solution; the final day of a school term
- Conclusive; decisive. a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue
- Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
- Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
- Word-final; occurring at the end of a word. Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
Similar: extreme, final, conclusive, decisive, definitive, endsome, hindermost, hindmost, last, ultimate
verb finals · finaling · finalling · finaled · finalled
- To qualify for the final round of a competition. Mike finalled in both the 400 meter and the 800 meter races.
