final
Forms
- Plural
- finals
- Comparative
- more final
- Superlative
- most final
Definitions
1.The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- Most students are preparing for the final exams.
2.A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza.
3.A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- Most students are preparing for the final exams.
4.The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- Most students are preparing for the final exams.
1.Last; ultimate.
- Yet despair not of his final pardon.
2.Conclusive; decisive.
3.Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
4.Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #908
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).