verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make final or firm; to finish or complete. transitive

   "As soon as we get the plane tickets, we'll finalize our reservations with the hotel."

2. 2
   make final; put the last touches on; put into final form wordnet
3. 3
   To prepare (an object) for garbage collection by calling its finalizer. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

finishfinish offabsolveachievebutton upcall it a day

Example

More examples

"I realize you're anxious to finalize the details."

Etymology

From final + -ize.

Related phrases

garbage collection

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