final

Definitions

• (US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
• (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
• A contest that narrows a field of contestants finalists to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runner-runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
• (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
• (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.