final

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
  2. noun an examination administered at the end of an academic term
  3. adjective occurring at or forming an end or termination

Etymology

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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