Definitions for finals

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finals fi·nal

Spelling: [fahyn-l]

IPA: /ˈfaɪn l/

Finals is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in finals (afilns).

Definitions for finals

noun

1. that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
2. Often, finals. the last and decisive game, match, contest, or round in a series, as in sports. the last, usually comprehensive, examination in a course of study.
3. the last edition of a newspaper published on any day.
4. Music. the tonic note of a church mode.

adjective

1. pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time:
2. ultimate:
3. conclusive or decisive:
4. constituting the end or purpose:
5. pertaining to or expressing the end or purpose:
6. Law. precluding further controversy on the questions passed upon: determining all issues presented, so that no further decision upon the merits of the issues is necessary:
7. Phonetics. occurring at the end of a word or syllable, as the (t) sound in bit or bite.

Origin of finals

1300-50; 1915-20 for def 10; Middle English Latin fīnālis, equivalent to fīn(is) end + -ālis -al¹

Examples for finals

At just 22 years, 350 days, he was the third youngest NBA finals MVP in history behind Magic Johnson and his teammate, Tim Duncan.

Among the three who had reached the finals was their guest of the previous evening.

If I passed with higher credit in the preliminaries than in the finals, there are two reasons.

Every week my finals and initials are held in many large towns.

My initials form a country in Europe, and my finals one of its lakes.

Jean-Marie Le Pen was crushed in the 2002 finals by a margin of more than five to one.

The other two riders who had reached the finals were both experts in the saddle.

So we hatched a plan to meet after the finals in Pamplona, Spain, for the running of the bulls.

These days, Tirico announces everything from the World Cup to the NBA finals to the crown jewel, Monday Night Football.

Ahead of the finals, more fans are doctoring photos of the two pontiffs wearing national team colored skullcaps.