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# final

«final» in Mova's school dictionary: **last, coming at the end** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (final); noun (a final, finals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Final means last, coming at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#m1)

2) The final is the last game or race that decides the winner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#m2)

3) Finals are the last exams of a school year or course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#m3)

4) Final can mean that cannot be changed: my answer is final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: the last amount or the last game; «the final score», «final answer», the final result after all steps; sport: the cup final, quarter-finals and semi-finals; school: final tests; stories: the final chapter

### examples

- What is the final score? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x1)
- The final price was $45. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x2)
- They won the final 3 to 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x3)
- Her final answer was 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x4)
- Our team got to the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x5)
- This is the final chapter of the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x6)
- The final bell rang at 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x7)
- The judge's decision is final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x8)
- He closed his eyes and waited for the final moment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/#x9)

### note

Points to the result after all steps. Trap: none special. «Finally» means at last.

### In the corpora

- [A final demand is a warning that a bill is very overdue and stronger action will follow, so acting early is easier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/19/)
- [Toad has changed his mind … Please understand that this is final.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/28/)
- [Before -able, a final e usually drops (adorable) but stays after soft c or g (noticeable, changeable).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/24/)
- [Linking a story to your own life helps, but the text has the final say.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/18-inference-reading-between-the-lines/22/)
- ["Final resting place" means a person's grave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «final» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/final/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.