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# finale

«finale» in Mova's school dictionary: **the last part of a show, concert, piece of music or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a finale, finales)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The finale is the last part of a show, concert, piece of music or event, usually the most exciting part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#m1)

2) A season finale is the last episode of a TV series' season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, the finale is the last movement of a symphony. At school shows, the whole cast sings in the finale. In everyday life, fireworks are often the grand finale. Phrases: «the grand finale», «season finale», «as a finale».

### examples

- The fireworks were the grand finale of the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#x1)
- Everyone came on stage for the finale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#x2)
- The season finale ended with a cliffhanger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#x3)
- The orchestra played the finale loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#x4)
- As a finale, the magician made the rabbit vanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#x5)
- The finale of our school play had a big song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finale/#x6)

### note

From Italian. Say «fih-NAH-lee». Trap: do not confuse with «final» (the last game in a competition) or «finally».

### Trees and pragmatics

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