final
pronunciation
How to pronounce final in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪnl]
How to pronounce final in American English:
US [ˈfaɪnl]
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- Noun:
- the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
- an examination administered at the end of an academic term
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- Adjective:
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- conclusive in a process or progression
- not to be altered or undone
Word Origin
- final
- final: [14] Of all the English descendants of Latin finis ‘final moment, end’ or ‘limit’ (see FINANCE, FINE, and FINISH), final, which comes via Old French final from Latin finālis ‘last’, preserves most closely the meaning of its source. But although by classical times finis denoted a temporal conclusion, its original use was for a physical boundary, and it appears to be related to figere ‘fix’ (source of English fix) – as if its underlying meaning were ‘fixed mark’.=> finance, fine, finish
- final (adj.)
- early 14c., from Old French final "final, last," and directly from Late Latin finalis "of or pertaining to an end, concluding, final," from finis "end" (see finish (v.)). As a noun, late 14c., "that which comes last;" meaning "final contest" in a sporting sense is from 1880. As a shortening of final examination, from 1880.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Final figures are due out monday .
- 2. The final person was bin laden .
- 3. 6 Players who have scored twice in a final .
- 4. The final judgment will be delivered on may 4th .
- 5. Three years on , the final land-use decree has yet to appear .