finality
pronunciation
How to pronounce finality in British English:
UK [faɪˈnæləti]
How to pronounce finality in American English:
US [faɪˈnælɪti, fə-]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being final or definitely settled
Word Origin
- finality (n.)
- 1540s, "a goal, a guiding object," from Middle French finalité, from Late Latin finalitatem (nominative finalitas) "state of being final," from Latin finalis "last, of or pertaining to an end" (see final). From 1833 as "quality or state of being final."
Example
- 1. Finality , limited periods of time , historical time - these become more acute during the so-called crises .
- 2. After a few minutes , his interpreter snaps his notebook shut with authoritative finality .
- 3. The outcome brings with it a certain finality : any settlement would bar all of the miner 's dependents from suing massey over the accident in the future .
- 4. Those connected to the party secretary say , with absolute finality , that their leader doesn 't do emotion .
- 5. One could call this endeavor " humanistic " in that it implies a radical preoccupation with the finality of existence .