final

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
final/ˈfʌɪnl/

▶adjective

• 1 coming at the end of a series.

  ■ reached as the outcome of a process: the final cost will run into six figures.

• 2 allowing no further doubt or dispute.

▶noun

• 1 the last game in a sports tournament or other competition, which will decide the overall winner.

  ■ (finals) a series of games constituting the final stage of a competition.

• 2 (finals) Brit. a series of examinations at the end of a degree course.

  ■ (final) N. Amer. an examination at the end of a term, school year, or particular class.

• 3 Music the principal note in a mode.

– derivatives
finality noun (pl. finalities),
finally adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. finalis, from finis ‘end’.