final — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • Canada
   • Philippines
   • uso statunitense

   Esempi

   It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza.

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

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

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

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

Aggettivo

1. Last; ultimate.

   Esempi

   final solution; the final day of a school term

   Yet despair not of his final pardon.

2. Conclusive; decisive.

   Esempi

   a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue

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.

5. Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

Verbo

1. To qualify for the final round of a competition.

   Uso

   • colloquiale
   • intransitivo

   Parole correlate

   medalpodium

   Esempi

   Mike finalled in both the 400 meter and the 800 meter races.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Early in his swimming career, Baker finaled in the 200 fly at both the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Trials and was a two-time Pacific 10 Champion in the event for the University of Arizona.

   Last year, Carlson would have A finaled in the 100-yard breast (58.75) and B finaled in the 200-yard breast (2:09.66).

   Altri esempi (2)

   Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.

   In Summer 2019, he finaled in a pair of events at Gainesville Sectionals before going on to take 22nd in the 100m and 200m free at Greensboro Futures.

Aggettivo

1. occurring at or forming an end or termination

   Sinonimi

   concludinglastterminal

   Esempi

   his concluding words came as a surprise

   the final chapter

   Altri esempi (2)

   the last days of the dinosaurs

   terminal leave

2. conclusive in a process or progression

   Sinonimi

   lastnet

   Esempi

   the final answer

   a last resort

   Altri esempi (1)

   the net result

3. not to be altered or undone

   Sinonimi

   last

   Esempi

   the judge's decision is final

   the arbiter will have the last say

Sostantivo

1. the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament

   Termini più generali

   match

2. an examination administered at the end of an academic term

   Sinonimi

   final examinationfinal exam

   Termini più generali

   examinationexamtest