final
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from fīnis (“end”); see fine. Replaced native English endly (“final”).
Inflected forms:
form: finals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: finall
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more final
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most final
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: finall
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: finals
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: finaling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: finalling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: finaled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: finaled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: finalled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: finalled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
form: finall
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Philippines
US
examples: It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza.
gloss: A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
pos: noun
gloss: The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
pos: noun
gloss: The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
pos: noun
gloss: The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
pos: noun
gloss: Last; ultimate.
pos: adj
examples: final solution; the final day of a school term
Yet despair not of his final pardon.
gloss: Conclusive; decisive.
pos: adj
examples: a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue
gloss: Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
pos: adj
gloss: Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
pos: adj
gloss: Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.
pos: adj
examples: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
gloss: To qualify for the final round of a competition.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
examples: Mike finalled in both the 400 meter and the 800 meter races.
Early in his swimming career, Baker finaled in the 200 fly at both the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Trials and was a two-time Pacific 10 Champion in the event for the University of Arizona.
Last year, Carlson would have A finaled in the 100-yard breast (58.75) and B finaled in the 200-yard breast (2:09.66).
Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.
In Summer 2019, he finaled in a pair of events at Gainesville Sectionals before going on to take 22nd in the 100m and 200m free at Greensboro Futures.
Synonyms: extreme
final
conclusive
decisive
definitive
endsome
hindermost
hindmost
last
ultimate
Antonyms: initial
early
first
original
Related words: end
finish
Derived words: and that’s final
consolation final
cup final
eighth final
head-final
petite final
petit final
quarter final
quarter-final
semi-final
short finals
sports final
and that's final
causal-final
China's final warning
cofinal
equifinal
fall at the final hurdle
final A
final account
final act
final and conclusive
final approach
final B
final boss
final circuit
final class
final club
final curtain
final cut
final decree
final drive
final frontier
final girl
final illness
finalise
finalism
finality
final method
final nail in the coffin
final obstruent devoicing
final order cutoff
final paper
final parsec problem
final point
final reckoning
final roundup
final salary
final say
final setting time
final sigma
final solution
Final Solution
final stand
final straw
final stretch
Final Testament
final topology
final whistle
final words
final year project
in the final analysis
non-final
nonfinal
octafinal
octavofinal
octofinal
postfinal
prefinal
pseudofinal
sentence-final particle
unfinal
wordfinal
A final
B final
big final
final cause
finalist
finally
grand final
quarterfinal
semifinal
small final
superfinal
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