Finale

//fɨˈnɑli// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.

    "Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter."

  2. 2
    the concluding part of any performance wordnet
  3. 3
    The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.
  4. 4
    the closing section of a musical composition wordnet
  5. 5
    the temporal end; the concluding time wordnet

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actafterpieceapodosisbitbitter endcatastrophe

Example

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"The finale of "The Sopranos", which aired in 2007, had 11.9 million Americans glued to their TV sets."

Etymology

From Italian finale (“ending”), from Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”). Doublet of final.

Related phrases

grand finaleseason finaleseries finalechronological conclusion of series of narrative worksgrand end of something especially show or piece of music

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