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Final   /fˈaɪnəl/   Listen
Final

adjective
1.
Occurring at or forming an end or termination.  Synonyms: concluding, last, terminal.  "The final chapter" , "The last days of the dinosaurs" , "Terminal leave"
2.
Conclusive in a process or progression.  Synonyms: last, net.  "A last resort" , "The net result"
3.
Not to be altered or undone.  Synonym: last.  "The arbiter will have the last say"
noun
1.
The final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament.
2.
An examination administered at the end of an academic term.  Synonyms: final exam, final examination.



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"Final" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Sam, who seized the instant when he was making the final arrangement with Frank over the Hakim's leather cases, once more carefully packed, ...
— In the Mahdi's Grasp • George Manville Fenn
... men then turned to details. To Hilliard's bitter disappointment it was ruled that, owing to his being known to at least three members of the gang, he could take no part in the final scenes, and he had to be content with the honor of, as it were, a seat on the council of war. For nearly an hour they deliberated, at the end of which time it had been decided that Stopford Hunt, one of the Customs Department's most skillful investigators, should proceed to Hull and ...
— The Pit Prop Syndicate • Freeman Wills Crofts
... detained in the dusky borders outside the grim realm of torture; and there was a purgatorial place where those not too guilty were cleansed from their stains. In like manner, the Romanist theologians divided the under world into four parts: hell for the final abode of the stubbornly wicked; one limbo for the painless, contented tarrying of the good patriarchs who died before the advent of Christ had made salvation possible, and another limbo for the sad and pallid resting ...
— The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger
... itself becomes organized, works out its laws, develops its own science and particularly as the knowledge of all this is extended and popularized, they will lose their base of support. For this reason the writer believes that the final explanation of all faith and mental healing in terms of some form of suggestion which is just now strongly in evidence will prove a distinct service ...
— Modern Religious Cults and Movements • Gaius Glenn Atkins
... in itself is sufficient. There is no need to lead a way down the steps that brought the Rev. Samuel Bishop to his final degradation and ultimate death. The generous offer of the chaplaincy of a small union, the withdrawal of his son from Oxford, the dismissal of the tutelary services of the lady who had charge of his daughter's ...
— Sally Bishop - A Romance • E. Temple Thurston


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