final

IPA: fˈaɪnʌɫ

(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.

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.

Examples of "final" in Sentences

Michael Jackson's making what he calls his final curtain call.
When I gave him that message it was final -- _final_, do you hear? "
_edits [$i] - final; if (is_array ($final)) $final = array_slice ($to_lines, $yi, sizeof ($final));
$this-final = $final; function & reverse () $reverse = new diff_op_copy ($this - final, $this-orig); return $reverse;
"If you want to register to be included in what we call the final registration roll, or the FRR, you must be at home."
$this-final = $final; function & reverse () $reverse = new diff_op_change ($this - final, $this-orig); return $reverse;
But Mr. Panetta's public comments about al Qaeda's decline were the most far-reaching to date about what he described as a final push to defeat the network globally.
# there a much better way to do this with some kind of thing, but I can't remember where I saw that note. until [$rounding_digit_location - eq -1]; do final = $final "0"
But at a hearing Friday, Cook County Circuit Judge Marya (muh-REE'-uh) Nega granted what she described as a final postponement after allowing Mrs. Wade to dismiss her most recent lawyer.