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Original entry ↗A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. · A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification. · The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined. · The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from fīnis (“end”); see fine. Replaced native English endly (“final”).
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