Finale

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finale \Fi*na"le\ (f[-e]*n[aum]"l[asl]), n. [It. See {Final}.]
     Close; termination; as:
     (a) (Mus.) The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto,
         or any instrumental composition.
     (b) The last composition performed in any act of an opera.
     (c) The closing part, piece, or scene in any public


         performance or exhibition.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  finale
       n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point
            of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was
            up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the
            close of the season" [syn: {stopping point}, {finis}, {finish},
             {last}, {conclusion}, {close}]
       2: the closing section of a musical composition [syn: {coda}]
       3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: {close}, {closing
          curtain}, {finis}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "finale":
     Z, act, afterpiece, apodosis, bit, bitter end, catastrophe,
     ceasing, cessation, chaser, climax, close, coda, completion,
     conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain,
     curtain call, curtain raiser, curtains, death, decease, denouement,
     destination, destiny, divertimento, divertissement, doom, effect,
     end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology,
     exode, exodus, expiration, expository scene, fate, final result,
     final solution, final twitch, final words, finality, finis, finish,
     goal, hoke act, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, introduction,
     izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things,
     last trumpet, last words, latter end, number, omega, payoff,
     period, peroration, prologue, quietus, resolution, resting place,
     routine, scene, shtick, sketch, skit, song and dance,
     stand-up comedy act, stoppage, stopping place, striptease,
     swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, turn, windup