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Dictionary: fi·nal   ('nəl) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Forming or occurring at the end; last: the final scene of a film.
  2. Of or constituting the end result of a succession or process; ultimate: an act with both an immediate and a final purpose.
  3. Not to be changed or reconsidered; unalterable: The judge's decision is final. See synonyms at last1.
n.

Something that comes at or forms the end, especially:

  1. The last or one of the last of a series of contests: the finals of a state spelling bee.
  2. The last examination of an academic course.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fīnālis, from fīnis, end.]

finally fi'nal·ly adv.
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adjective

  1. Coming after all others: closing, concluding, last1, terminal. See start/end.
  2. Of or relating to a terminative condition, stage, or point: last1, latter, terminal, ultimate. See start/end.
  3. Serving the function of deciding or settling with finality: authoritative, conclusive, decisive, definitive, determinative. See decide/hesitate.

 
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adj

Definition: conclusive, definitive
Antonyms: continuing, inconclusive, interim, introductory, persistent, preliminary, temporary

adj

Definition: ending, last
Antonyms: beginning, commencing, first, initial, opening, starting


 

The concluding scale degree of any melody in a Mode.



 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Coming at the end. Also: allowing no further change.

pronunciation Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. — Roger Babson (1875-1967).

 
Wikipedia: Final
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Look up final in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A final may refer to:

  • the condition of finality
  • final (competition), the last round of a match, game, or etc. contest, which decides which individual or team will be champion
  • Final (Electronic and Radio Engineering), term used to refer to the last active amplifying device(s), (Thermionic Valves/Vacuum Tubes, Transistors, F.E.T.s or integrated circuits), the signal passes through before leaving the radio transmitter or audio amplifier to pass to the load, usually an antenna, speaker or motor
  • final examination, a college or university course's final in a given term
  • final (music), the tonic of a church mode
  • Final (band), English electronic musical group
  • final, a term in linguistics referring to the vowel and final consonant of a syllable, see syllable rime
  • final case, a grammatical case
  • Final (Java), a keyword in the Java programming language.
  • final, the last or closeout sale of merchandise in a store or retailer that is about to go out of business because of fire damage (fire sale) or bankruptcy.
  • final girl, the horror film trope showing the last female survivor
  • Final (2001 film), a science fiction film

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sidst, endelig, afsluttende
n. - finale, afsluttende eksamen, sidste del

idioms:

  • final article    sidste paragraf
  • in the final analysis    i sidste ende

Nederlands (Dutch)
finale, eindexamen, laatste editie, belangrijkste noot (muziek), uiterst, laatst, definitief, uiteindelijk

Français (French)
adj. - dernier, final, irrévocable (un jugement), définitif (un résultat), (Comm) dernier versement, sans appel, dernier (mot), (GB, Univ) (examens) de fin d'étude, (US, Univ) (examens) de fin de semestre
n. - (Sport) finale, (Journ) dernière édition

idioms:

  • final article    article final
  • in the final analysis    en dernière analyse, finalement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abschlußprüfung, Spätausgabe, Endspiel, Endrunde
adj. - letzt, Schluß-, End-, endgültig, entscheidend

idioms:

  • final article    Schlußklausel
  • in the final analysis    letztendlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλοπ.) τελικός (αγώνας)
adj. - τελικός, τελειωτικός, έσχατος, τελευταίος, οριστικός, τελεσίδικος

idioms:

  • in the final analysis    σε τελική ανάλυση

Italiano (Italian)
esame finale, finale, ultimo, estremo, terminale, definitivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - final (m)
adj. - final, último, definitivo

Русский (Russian)
финал, выпускные экзамены, последний выпуск газеты за день, последний, конечный, заключительный, решающий, финальный, окончательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - último, final, moribundo, decisivo, terminante, definitivo, conclusivo, mortal
n. - último, examen final, final, encuentro decisivo

idioms:

  • final article    cláusula final
  • in the final analysis    después de considerar todos los aspectos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - final (sport), slutexamen (univ.), sista upplaga av tidning (vard.)
adj. - slutlig, utljudande (fonet.), avsikts- (gram.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
最后的, 决定性的, 终极的, 结局, 期末考试, 决赛

idioms:

  • final article    最后条款, 完成的成品
  • in the final analysis    归根到底

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 最後的, 決定性的, 終極的
n. - 結局, 期末考試, 決賽

idioms:

  • final article    最後條款, 完成的成品
  • in the final analysis    歸根到底

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 마지막의
n. - 마지막 것

idioms:

  • in the final analysis    최종 분석의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 最終の, 最後の, 最終的な, 決定的な, 究極の
n. - 決勝戦, 期末試験, 最終版

idioms:

  • final article    最終項目
  • in the final analysis    つまるところ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مباراة نهائيه , امتحان نهائي (صفه) نهائي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סופי, אחרון‬
n. - ‮מהדורה אחרונה, משחקי גמר, בחינות גמר‬


 
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