final🔊

(Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

(Oxbridge slang) A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.

(sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.

(phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.

(music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.

{{cap|last}}; ultimate.

Conclusive; decisive.

Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.

(grammar) (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.

(linguistics) {{cap|word-final}}; occurring at the end of a word.

(colloquial) To qualify for the final round of a competition.