- [countable] the last of a series of games or competitions, in which the winner is decided
- She reached the final of the 100m hurdles.
- The players met in last year's final.
- The winner of each contest goes through to the grand final.
- The victory secured them a place in the final.
- final against somebody a nail-biting final against last year's victor
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsa2- He got through to the grand final of the competition.
- They will now go through to the final.
- If we play well, we hope to make it to the final.
- Scotland met Wales in the final at Twickenham.
- Who is in the men's final?
- She will go through to the final with Robbins.
- The winners will go on to the regional final on August 5.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grand
- area
- national
- …
- hold
- host
- stage
- …
- be played
- take place
- in the final
- finalsa series of games or performances that make up the last stage of a competition
- the 2022 World Cup Finals
- the regional/national finals
- She has qualified for the Olympic finals.
- They got into the finals of a singing competition.
Extra Examples- It has the first time that two countries had hosted the finals between them.
- The country will stage next year's World Cup Finals.
- finals[plural] (British English) the last exams taken by university students at the end of their final year
- to sit/take your finals
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- college
- school
- university
- …
- revise for
- study for
- do
- …
- [countable] (North American English) an exam taken by school, university or college students at the end of a semester or quarter, usually in a topic that they will not study againOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- college
- school
- university
- …
- revise for
- study for
- do
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the adjectival sense ‘conclusive’): from Old French, or from Latin finalis, from finis ‘end’. Compare with finish.
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