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   fi·nal

   /ˈfīn(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. coming at the end of a series: "the final version of the report was presented" Similar lastclosingconcludingfinishingendendingterminatingterminalculminatingultimateeventualendmostOpposite firstinitial
   • ▪ reached or designed to be reached as the outcome of a process or a series of events: "the final cost will easily run into six figures"
   • ▪ allowing no further doubt or dispute: "the decision of the judging panel is final" Similar irrevocableunalterableabsoluteconclusiveirrefutableincontrovertibleindisputableunappealableunchallengeablebindingdecisivedefinitivedefinitesettleddeterminateultimateOpposite provisional

   noun

   • 1. the last game in a sports tournament or other competition, which decides the winner of the tournament.
   • ▪ a series of games constituting the final stage of a competition: "the World Cup finals"
   • 2. a series of examinations at the end of a degree course: British "she was doing her history finals"
   • ▪ an examination at the end of a term, academic year, or particular class. North American
   • 3. the principal note in a mode.
   • 4. the final approach of a landing aircraft to a runway: "the plane piloted by Richards was on finals"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the adjectival sense ‘conclusive’): from Old French, or from Latin finalis, from finis ‘end’. Compare with finish.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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