Final

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Yet despair not of his final pardon.  --Milton.
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     2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of
        Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.
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     3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the
        purpose or ultimate end in view.
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     {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.
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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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  189 Moby Thesaurus words for "final":
     absolute, adducible, admissible, admitting no exception, all-out,
     attestative, attestive, audition, authentic, based on, binding,
     blue book, boundary, categorical, caudal, certain, circumstantial,
     clear, closing, collateral, coming, complete, completing,
     completive, completory, compulsory, concluding, conclusive,
     consequent, consequential, consummative, contingent, convincing,
     crowning, culminating, cumulative, damning, decided, decisive,
     decretory, definite, definitive, departing, derivational,
     derivative, determinate, determinative, dictated, documentary,
     documented, downright, end, ending, endmost, ensuing, entailed,
     entire, eventual, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, exam, examen,
     examination, explicit, express, extreme, eye-witness, factual,
     farewell, farthest, final examination, finalizing, finishing,
     firsthand, fixed, flat, flat-out, following, founded on,
     fulfilling, global, great go, grounded on, hard-and-fast, hearing,
     hearsay, hindmost, honors, immutable, imperative, implicit,
     imposed, inappealable, incontrovertible, indicative, indirect,
     indisputable, irrefutable, irresistible, irreversible, irrevocable,
     lag, last, latest, latter, leaving, limiting, mandated, mandatory,
     material, midsemester, midterm, must, nuncupative, obligatory,
     oral, oral examination, out-and-out, outright, outward-bound,
     overwhelming, parting, peremptory, perfect, polar, positive,
     prelim, prescript, prescriptive, presumptive, probative, quiz,
     reliable, required, resultant, resulting, round, secondary,
     sequacious, sequent, sequential, settled, significant, straight,
     straight-out, suggestive, sure, symptomatic, tail,
     take-home examination, telling, terminal, terminating, terminative,
     test, total, trial, tripos, ultimate, unalterable, unanswerable,
     unchangeable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned,
     undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited,
     unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved,
     unrestricted, unwaivable, utter, valedictory, valid, viva, weighty,
     whole, without appeal, without exception, without reserve, written,
     written examination
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FINAL. That which puts an end to anything. 
       2. It is used in opposition to interlocutory; as, a final judgment,. is 
  a judgment which ends the controversy between the parties litigant. 1 Wheat. 
  355; 2 Pet. 449. See 12 Wheat. 135; 4 Dall. 22; 9 Pet. 1; 6 Wheat. 448; 3 
  Cranch, 179; 6 Cranch, 51; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.