final.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 situated at the end, coming last.
2 conclusive, decisive, unalterable, putting an end to doubt.
3 concerned with the purpose or end aimed at.

--n.

1 the last or deciding heat or game in sports or in a competition (Cup Final).
2 the edition of a newspaper published latest in the day.
3 (usu. in pl.) the series of examinations at the end of a degree course.
4 Mus. the principal note in any mode.

final cause Philos. the end towards which a thing naturally develops or at which an action aims. final clause Gram. a clause expressing purpose, introduced by in order that, lest, etc. final drive the last part of the transmission system in a motor vehicle. final solution the Nazi policy (1941-5) of exterminating European Jews.

finally adv. [ME f. OF or f. L finalis f. finis end]

final.html - n.
1 a the last movement of an instrumental composition. b a piece of music closing an act in an opera.
2 the close of a drama etc.
3 a conclusion. [It. (as FINAL)]

final.html - n.
the doctrine that natural processes (e.g. evolution) are directed towards some goal.

finalistic adj.

final.html - n.
a competitor in the final of a competition etc.

final.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 the quality or fact of being final.
2 the belief that something is final.
3 a final act, state, or utterance.
4 the principle of final cause viewed as operative in the universe. [F finalit

f. LL finalitas -tatis (as FINAL)]

final.html - v.tr.
(also -ise)
1 put into final form.
2 complete; bring to an end.
3 approve the final form or details of.

finalization n.