final

1 /'faInFl/ adjective

1 (only before noun) last in a series of actions, events, parts of a story etc: The final episode of `Prime Suspect' is on tonight. | final stage/moments etc: They scored in the final minute of the game. | final demand (=the last time you are sent a bill when you must pay)

2 if a decision, offer, agreement etc is final, it cannot be changed : be final: My decision is final. Do not ask me again! | final decision/say/approval etc: We recommended the plan to the chancellor, who had the final say. | and that's final! spoken (=used to say that a decision will not be changed): No more money, and that's final!

3 (only before noun) happening at or near the end of an event or process: They fought many battles before their final defeat.

4 (only before noun) being the result at the end of a process: the differences between the original script and the final film

2 noun (C)

1 finals BrE the set of examinations that university students take at the end of their time at university

2 AmE an examination taken at the end of each class a student takes at university

3 the last and most important game, race etc in a set of games or races: He ran well in the heats but came in last in the final. | the finals (=the last few games or races in a competition): the 1994 World Cup finals