final

Plural: finals

Noun

• The last examination in an academic course.
• the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
• an examination administered at the end of an academic term
• 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.
• 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 Satellite

• occurring at or forming an end or termination
  • "the final chapter"
• conclusive in a process or progression
  • "the final answer"
• not to be altered or undone
  • "the judge's decision is final"

Adj

• 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.

Examples

• a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue
• final solution; the final day of a school term
• Mike finalled in both the 400 meter and the 800 meter races.
• This Words With Friends match felt like the final exam of his strategic skills.

Synonyms

concluding, final exam, final examination, last, net, terminal, conclusive, decisive, definitive, dernier, endly, endsome, extreme, final, hindermost, hindmost, ultimate

Antonyms

early, first, initial, original

Related Words

end, finale, fine, finish, finite, medal, podium

Anagrams of final