final
IPA: fˈaɪnʌɫ
noun
- (US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- (Oxbridge slang) A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
adjective
- Last; ultimate.
- Conclusive; decisive.
- Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
- (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
- (linguistics) Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.
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Examples of "final" in Sentences
- Finally, they ended his supplication.
- The murkiness in the middle is finally ending.
- Finally the last issue of the day was discussed.
- In the end refers to the finality after the recounts.
- The gaiety continues on into a final flourish at the end.
- The last and final stage of the RDM is the termination stage.
- Finally, the last element of a cleft is the cleft constituent.
- The final warning is a premonition of the signalman's own death.
- The last unit also features a final quiz for the end of the semester.
- Finally, they came within earshot of the death squads and the hostages.
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