adj.
- coming at the end of a series.
▸reached as the outcome of a process:
the final cost will run into six figures.
- allowing no further doubt or dispute.
n.
- the last game in a sports tournament or other competition, which will decide the overall winner.
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(finals)
a series of games constituting the final stage of a competition.
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(finals)
Brit. a series of examinations at the end of a degree course.
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(final)
N. Amer. an examination at the end of a term, school year, or particular class.
- Music the principal note in a mode.
Derivative
- finality n.
(pl. finalities)
. - finally adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from L. finalis, from finis ‘end’.