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. ▸
(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. ▸
(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’.