final meaning
EN[ˈfaɪ.nəl] [-aɪnəl]US
WFinal
- Final or The Final may refer to:
- Final (competition), the last or championship round of a match, game, or other contest.
- final (Java), a keyword in the Java programming language
- Final case, a grammatical case
- Final examination, a test given at the end of a course of study or training
- Part of a syllable
- Final, a tone of the Gregorian mode
FR final
- NounPLfinalsSUF-inal
- (US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
- (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.
- (US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- AdjectiveCOMmore finalSUPmost final
- Last; ultimate.
- final solution; the final day of a school term
- Conclusive; decisive.
- a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue
- 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.
- Last; ultimate.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The final communiqué of the G8 summit didn't even mention human rights.
- The expression of MAFA and v-maf avian musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene B (MAFB), which are required for beta cell function [83 , 84 ], peak after the final step of differentiation.
- Congratulations to diegoisgod, who won last week’s competition on a final score of +20.50, despite a winnerless Friday.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Final preparation was done at the microvertebrate laboratory of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
- Final recovery, respot and servicing may be conducted after this period.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals.
- When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals.
- Read my lips. We are not going to the park today, and that is final.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of final in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary