adj
Meaning 1
Last; ultimate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- final solution; the final day of a school term
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
final
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnl̩/
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General-American: fī'nəl
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General-American: /ˈfaɪn(ə)l/
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General-American: [-nəɫ]
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rhymes with -aɪnəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Conclusive; decisive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 5
Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Philippines, US
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noun
Meaning 7
A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Oxbridge slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
Meaning 11
To qualify for the final round of a competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, intransitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Mike finalled in both the 400 meter and the 800 meter races.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
not to be altered or undone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the judge's decision is final
- the arbiter will have the last say
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: last
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
occurring at or forming an end or termination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his concluding words came as a surprise
- the final chapter
- the last days of the dinosaurs
- terminal leave
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: concluding, last, terminal
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
conclusive in a process or progression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the final answer
- a last resort
- the net result
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: last, net
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
an examination administered at the end of an academic term
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: final examination, final exam
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: examination, exam, test
noun
Meaning 16
the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: match
Narrower terms: cup final
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
191 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: آخر (āḵir) — last; ultimate
- Armenian: վերջին (verǰin) — last; ultimate
- Armenian: վերջնական (verǰnakan) — last; ultimate
- Bengali: শেষ (śeś) — last; ultimate
- Bengali: আখেরী (akheri) — last; ultimate
- Bulgarian: последен (posleden) — last; ultimate
- Bulgarian: заключителен (zaključitelen) — last; ultimate
- Catalan: final — last; ultimate
- Chinese Mandarin: 最後 /最后 (zuìhòu) — last; ultimate
- Czech: poslední — last; ultimate
- Czech: konečný — last; ultimate
- Danish: endelig — last; ultimate
- Danish: endegyldig — last; ultimate
- Dutch: finaal — last; ultimate
- Dutch: laatste — last; ultimate
- Dutch: ultiem — last; ultimate
- Dutch: definitief — last; ultimate
- Esperanto: fina — last; ultimate
- Finnish: viimeinen — last; ultimate
- Finnish: lopullinen — last; ultimate
- French: dernier — last; ultimate
- French: ultime — last; ultimate
- Galician: final — last; ultimate
- German: endgültig — last; ultimate
- German: End- — last; ultimate
- German: Schluss- — last; ultimate
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌿𐌼𐌰 (aftuma) — last; ultimate
- Greek: τελικός (telikós) — last; ultimate
- Gujarati: છેલ્લું (chellũ) — last; ultimate
- Gujarati: ἔσχατος (éskhatos) — last; ultimate
- Gujarati: λοῖσθος (loîsthos) — last; ultimate
- Hindi: अखरी (akhrī) — last; ultimate
- Hindi: अंतिम (antim) — last; ultimate
- Hungarian: végső — last; ultimate
- Hungarian: utolsó — last; ultimate
- Ido: konkluziva — last; ultimate
- Italian: ultimo — last; ultimate
- Japanese: 終わりの (owari no) — last; ultimate
- Japanese: 最後の (saigo no) — last; ultimate
- Kazakh: ақтық (aqtyq) — last; ultimate
- Latin: ultimus — last; ultimate
- Lithuanian: galuti̇̀nis — last; ultimate
- Lithuanian: finãlinis — last; ultimate
- Lithuanian: paskuti̇̀nis — last; ultimate
- Luxembourgish: definitiv — last; ultimate
- Marathi: शेवटचे (śevaṭce) — last; ultimate
- Marathi: शेवटचा (śevaṭcā) — last; ultimate
- Marathi: शेवटची (śevaṭcī) — last; ultimate
- Marathi: अंतिम (antim) — last; ultimate
- Norman: finnal — last; ultimate
- Old English: sīþmest — last; ultimate
- Persian: آخرین — last; ultimate
- Persian: نهایی — last; ultimate
- Polish: ostatni — last; ultimate
- Polish: końcowy — last; ultimate
- Portuguese: último — last; ultimate
- Portuguese: final — last; ultimate
- Russian: оконча́тельный (okončátelʹnyj) — last; ultimate
- Russian: заключи́тельный (zaključítelʹnyj) — last; ultimate
- Russian: фина́льный (finálʹnyj) — last; ultimate
- Scottish Gaelic: deireannach — last; ultimate
- Scottish Gaelic: mu dheireadh — last; ultimate
- Spanish: final — last; ultimate
- Spanish: último — last; ultimate
- Swedish: slutgiltig — last; ultimate
- Telugu: చివరి (civari) — last; ultimate
- Telugu: ఆఖరు (ākharu) — last; ultimate
- Vietnamese: cuối — last; ultimate
- Vietnamese: cuối cùng — last; ultimate
- Armenian: վերջնական (verǰnakan) — conclusive; decisive
- Finnish: lopullinen — conclusive; decisive
- Greek: οριστικός (oristikós) — conclusive; decisive
- Hungarian: jogerős — conclusive; decisive
- Lithuanian: galuti̇̀nis — conclusive; decisive
- Lithuanian: lemiamas — conclusive; decisive
- Luxembourgish: endgülteg — conclusive; decisive
- Finnish: lopullinen — respecting an end, purpose or ultimate end in view
- Finnish: finaalinen — grammar: expressing purpose
- Hungarian: célhatározói — grammar: expressing purpose
- Esperanto: fina — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Finnish: loppu- — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- German: End- — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- German: Schluss- — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- German: Auslaut- — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Greek: τελικός (telikós) — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Hungarian: szó végi — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Latin: finalis — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Polish: końcowy — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Portuguese: final — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Scottish Gaelic: deireannach — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Swedish: ordfinal — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Telugu: అంతం (antaṁ) — linguistics: occurring at the end of a word
- Bulgarian: заключителен изпит (zaključitelen izpit) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Catalan: final — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Chinese Mandarin: 期末考試 /期末考试 (qīmò kǎoshì) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Danish: eksamen — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Dutch: eindexamen — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Finnish: loppukoe — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Finnish: päättökoe — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- French: examen — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Galician: exame final — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- German: Abschlussprüfung — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Greek: πτυχιακές (ptychiakés) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Hebrew: גְּמָר (gmar) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Hungarian: záróvizsga — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Japanese: 学期末試験 (gakki-matsu shiken) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Japanese: 学期末テスト (gakki-matsu tesuto) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Japanese: ファイナル (fainaru) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Korean: 기말고사 (gimalgosa) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Korean: 파이널 (paineol) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Latin: finis — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Latin: terminus — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Latin: exitus — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Latin: extremus — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Latin: extremum — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Latin: peractio — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Portuguese: prova final — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Russian: выпускно́й (vypusknój) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Spanish: final — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Telugu: పరిక్ష (parikṣa) — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Turkish: final — test or examination given at the end of a term or class
- Armenian: վերջնամրցում (verǰnamrcʻum) — sports: last round in a contest
- Armenian: եզրափակիչ (ezrapʻakičʻ) — sports: last round in a contest
- Bulgarian: финал (final) — sports: last round in a contest
- Catalan: final — sports: last round in a contest
- Chinese Mandarin: 決賽 /决赛 (juésài) — sports: last round in a contest
- Czech: finále — sports: last round in a contest
- Danish: finale — sports: last round in a contest
- Danish: slutrunde — sports: last round in a contest
- Dutch: eindronde — sports: last round in a contest
- Dutch: finale — sports: last round in a contest
- Faroese: endaumfar — sports: last round in a contest
- Finnish: loppuottelu — sports: last round in a contest
- Finnish: finaali — sports: last round in a contest
- Finnish: loppukilpailu — sports: last round in a contest
- Finnish: loppusarja — sports: last round in a contest
- French: finale — sports: last round in a contest
- Galician: final — sports: last round in a contest
- German: Finale — sports: last round in a contest
- German: Endkampf — sports: last round in a contest
- German: Schlussrunde — sports: last round in a contest
- German: Endspiel — sports: last round in a contest
- Greek: τελικός (telikós) — sports: last round in a contest
- Hebrew: גְּמָר (gmar) — sports: last round in a contest
- Hungarian: döntő — sports: last round in a contest
- Icelandic: úrslit — sports: last round in a contest
- Icelandic: úrslitakeppni — sports: last round in a contest
- Irish: ceannchluiche — sports: last round in a contest
- Italian: finale — sports: last round in a contest
- Japanese: 決勝戦 (kesshōsen) — sports: last round in a contest
- Japanese: ファイナル (fainaru) — sports: last round in a contest
- Kazakh: финал (final) — sports: last round in a contest
- Korean: 결승전 (gyeolseungjeon) — sports: last round in a contest
- Korean: 파이널 (paineol) — sports: last round in a contest
- Latin: finis — sports: last round in a contest
- Latin: terminus — sports: last round in a contest
- Latin: exitus — sports: last round in a contest
- Latin: extremus — sports: last round in a contest
- Latin: extremum — sports: last round in a contest
- Latin: peractio — sports: last round in a contest
- Latvian: fināls — sports: last round in a contest
- Latvian: finālspēle — sports: last round in a contest
- Lithuanian: finãlas — sports: last round in a contest
- Norwegian Bokmål: finale — sports: last round in a contest
- Norwegian Nynorsk: finale — sports: last round in a contest
- Persian: فینال (finâl) — sports: last round in a contest
- Polish: finał — sports: last round in a contest
- Portuguese: final — sports: last round in a contest
- Russian: фина́л (finál) — sports: last round in a contest
- Russian: э́ндшпиль (éndšpilʹ) — sports: last round in a contest
- Spanish: final — sports: last round in a contest
- Swahili: fainali — sports: last round in a contest
- Swedish: final — sports: last round in a contest
- Tagalog: pangwakas — sports: last round in a contest
- Turkish: final — sports: last round in a contest
- Vietnamese: chung kết — sports: last round in a contest
- Walloon: finåle — sports: last round in a contest
- Catalan: final — final part of a syllable
- Chinese Mandarin: 韻母 /韵母 (yùnmǔ) — final part of a syllable
- Chinese Mandarin: 終聲 /终声 (zhōngshēng) — final part of a syllable
- Galician: final — final part of a syllable
- Hani: yifmu — final part of a syllable
- Hungarian: szótagvég — final part of a syllable
- Japanese: 韻母 (inbo) — final part of a syllable
- Japanese: 終声 (shūsei) — final part of a syllable
- Korean: 운모 (unmo) — final part of a syllable
- Korean: 종성 (jongseong) — final part of a syllable
- Russian: фина́ль (finálʹ) — final part of a syllable
- Vietnamese: vận mẫu — final part of a syllable
- Vietnamese: âm cuối — final part of a syllable
- Walloon: coron — final part of a syllable
Real reading context