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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Final \Fi"nal\ (f[imac]"nal), a. [F., fr. L. finalis, fr. finis
     boundary, limit, end. See Finish.]
     1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating;
        ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Yet despair not of his final pardon.  --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of
        Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the
        purpose or ultimate end in view.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Final cause. See under Cause.
  
     Syn: Final, Conclusive, Ultimate.
  
     Usage: Final is now appropriated to that which brings with it
            an end; as, a final adjustment; the final judgment,
            etc. Conclusive implies the closing of all discussion,
            negotiation, etc.; as, a conclusive argument or fact;
            a conclusive arrangement. In using ultimate, we have
            always reference to something earlier or proceeding;
            as when we say, a temporary reverse may lead to an
            ultimate triumph. The statements which a man finally
            makes at the close of a negotiation are usually
            conclusive as to his ultimate intentions and designs.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Final \Fi"nal\, a. [F., fr. L. finalis, fr. finis boundary,
     limit, end. See Finish.]
     1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating;
        ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.
  
              Yet despair not of his final pardon.  --Milton.
  
     2. Conclusive; decisive; as, 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.
  
     Final cause. See under Cause.
  
     Syn: Final, Conclusive, Ultimate.
  
     Usage: Final is now appropriated to that which brings with it
            an end; as, a final adjustment; the final judgment,
            etc. Conclusive implies the closing of all discussion,
            negotiation, etc.; as, a conclusive argument or fact;
            a conclusive arrangement. In using ultimate, we have
            always reference to something earlier or proceeding;
            as when we say, a temporary reverse may lead to an
            ultimate triumph. The statements which a man finally
            makes at the close of a negotiation are usually
            conclusive as to his ultimate intentions and designs.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  final
       adj 1: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his
              concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final
              chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal
              leave" [syn: concluding, last, terminal]
       2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
          "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: last, net]
       3: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is
          final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: last]
       n 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
          [syn: final examination, final exam]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     Γαλλικά a.
     τελικός, τελειωτικός
     Πορτογαλικά n.
     (ετ αθλητ pt) ο τελικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     Catalan a.
     (l en final)
     Catalan n.
     1 end (gloss: last point or moment of something)
     2 finale (gloss: chronological conclusion of a series of narrative
  works)
     Crimean Tatar a.
     (l en final)
     Crimean Tatar n.
     a (l en final)
     German a.
     1 (lb de grammar) (l en final), expressing purpose
     2 (lb de elevated) (l en final), conclusive, irrevocable (gloss: that
  which will not or cannot be changed anymore, sometimes implying death)
     3 (lb de rare pompous chiefly anglicism) (l en final), last
     Indonesian n.
     finale, final, end
     Ladin a.
     #English
     Portuguese a.
     (l en final), ultimate, last
     Portuguese n.
     an end
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     1 (lb sh linguistics) (l en final) (gloss: last letter of word)
     2 (lb sh sports) (l en final)
     Swedish a.
     c (lb sv grammar) (l en final id=grammar), expressing purpose
     Swedish n.
     c a finale
     Swedish n.
     c (lb sv sports) a #English

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Final
     German n.
     m (lb de Switzerland) (alternative form of de Finale  sports final)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     a.
     1 (1: last); ultimate.
     2 Conclusive; decisive.
     3 Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or
  ultimate end in view.
     4 (senseid en grammar) (lb en grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the
  term final clause.
     5 (lb en linguistics) (1: word-final); occurring at the end of a
  word.
     n.
     1 (lb en US Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given
  at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
     2 (lb en 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.
     3 (lb en sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after
  which the winner is determined.
     4 (lb en phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of
  medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
     5 (lb en music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence
  the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     Catalan a.
     (l en final)
     Catalan n.
     1 end (gloss: last point or moment of something)
     2 finale (gloss: chronological conclusion of a series of narrative
  works)
     French a.
     1 (l en final) (gloss: last)
     2 (lb fr linguistics grammar) expressing purpose
     Haitian Creole a.
     English
     Old French a.
     (l en final), definitive, last
     Romanian a.
     (l en final)
     Spanish a.
     1 (l en final) (gloss: last, ultimate)
     2 (l en final) (gloss: conclusive, decisive)
     Spanish n.
     end (gloss: the terminal point of something in space or time)
     Turkish n.
     1 the end
     2 (lb tr education) the final exam
     3 (lb tr music) finale
     4 (lb tr sports) in tournaments: the last contest

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Final
     German n.
     m (lb de Switzerland) (alternative form of de Finale  sports final)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     Catalan a.
     (l en final)
     Catalan n.
     1 end (gloss: last point or moment of something)
     2 finale (gloss: chronological conclusion of a series of narrative
  works)
     French a.
     1 (l en final) (gloss: last)
     2 (lb fr linguistics grammar) expressing purpose
     Haitian Creole a.
     English
     Old French a.
     (l en final), definitive, last
     Spanish a.
     1 (l en final) (gloss: last, ultimate)
     2 (l en final) (gloss: conclusive, decisive)
     Spanish n.
     end (gloss: the terminal point of something in space or time)
     Turkish n.
     1 the end
     2 (lb tr education) the final exam
     3 (lb tr music) finale
     4 (lb tr sports) in tournaments: the last contest

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Final
     German n.
     m (lb de Switzerland) (alternative form of de Finale  sports final)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     Espanja a.
     viimeinen, lopullinen
     Espanja n.
     loppu, päätös
     Portugali a.
     viimeinen, lopullinen
     Romania a.
     lopullinen
     Romania n.
     loppu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     n.
     1 (tagg: sport) match som är direkt avgörande för vem, eller vilket
  lag, som ska vinna en tävling
     2 avslutning, sista nummer (på konsert)
     Spanska a.
     slutgiltig
     Spanska n.
     1 avslut, slutpunkt
     2 (tagg sport språk=es) #Svenska; avgörande match

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  final
     n.
     1 (tagg: sport) match som är direkt avgörande för vem, eller vilket
  lag, som ska vinna en tävling
     2 avslutning, sista nummer (på konsert)

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  final /fiˈnaːl/ 
  final, finale 2.
  allgemein: auf ein Ende, ein Ziel bezogen
   3.
  Linguistik: das Ziel, den Zweck (als grammatische oder semantische Kategorie) betreffend

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  final /fiˈnaːl/ 
  final 2.
  allgemein: auf ein Ende, ein Ziel bezogen
   3.
  Linguistik: das Ziel, den Zweck (als grammatische oder semantische Kategorie) betreffend

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  final /fiˈnaːl/ 
  1. definitiv, slutlig
  allgemein: auf ein Ende, ein Ziel bezogen
  2. final
  Linguistik: das Ziel, den Zweck (als grammatische oder semantische Kategorie) betreffend

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Final /fˈaɪnəl/
  النهائي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  final //ˈfaɪn(ə)l// //ˈfaɪnl̩// /[-nəɫ]/ 
  заключителен, последен
  last; ultimate

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  final //ˈfaɪn(ə)l// //ˈfaɪnl̩// /[-nəɫ]/ 
  1. финал
  sports: last round in a contest
  2. заключителен изпит
  test or examination given at the end of a term or class