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plural finals
(US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. examples
(Oxbridge slang) A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
(sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined. examples
(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. examples
comparative more final, superlative most final
Last; ultimate. quotations examples
Yet despair not of his final pardon.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […]
Conclusive; decisive. examples
Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view. examples
(grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause. examples
(linguistics) Word-final; occurring at the end of a word. quotations 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.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]