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final
/ˈfaɪn(ə)l/
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What does final mean?
noun
- A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
More meanings (8)
noun
- The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
adjective
- Last; ultimate.
- Conclusive; decisive.
- Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
- Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
- Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.
verb
- To qualify for the final round of a competition.
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IPA pronunciation
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That there ought to be one court of supreme and final jurisdiction, is a proposition which is not likely to be contested.
After the final disappearance of the mother of Siegfried, Ottenburg and the doctor slipped out through the crowd and left the house.
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The other two were to battle and then I to fight the conqueror for the liberty which was accorded the final winner.
As provided in this Article, the Parties shall replace judicial review of final antidumping and countervailing duty determinations with binational panel review.
Those of us who know something of life may perhaps wonder whether to console may not be the final aim of literature.