final
Definitions of final
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the act of ending somethingsynonyms: conclusión, terminacióntypes:cese, despedida, despido, destituciónthe termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)aniquilación, asolación, asolamiento, destrozo, devastaciónthe termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer existsmuertethe act of terminating a lifeabolición, amortización, derogación, supresiónthe act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)liquidación, saldotermination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilitiesencadenadogradually ceasing to be visibleabortotermination of pregnancydesactivaciónthe act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)descontinuación, suspensiónthe act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)consumaciónthe act of bringing to completion or fruitiongraduaciónthe successful completion of a program of studycesiónthe act of cedingcontento, desistimiento, emisión, liberación, puesta en libertada formal written statement of relinquishmentsubversiónthe act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted governmentarrasamientocomplete destruction of a buildingdecimacióndestroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)golpe mortalthe blow that kills (usually mercifully)eutanasiathe act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, muerte, pesadillathe killing of a human being by another human beingcaídathe act of felling something (as a tree)suicidiothe act of killing yourselfemponzoñamiento, envenenamiento, intoxicación, toxinfecciónthe act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to killelectrocuciónkilling by electric shockmortinatoa natural loss of the products of conceptionexheredaciónthe act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inheritprorrogacióndiscontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving itanulación, disolución, invalidación(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)boicot, boicoteo, sabotajea deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damagedexterminiothe act of exterminatinggenocidiosystematic killing of a racial or cultural groupholocaustoan act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)type of:cambio de estadothe act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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a final part or section
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the last section of a communicationsynonyms: cierre, conclusión, fenecimiento, fin, finalización, terminacióntypes:anticlímaxa change from a serious subject to a disappointing oneepílogoa short passage added at the end of a literary workepílogoa short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a playperoración(rhetoric) the concluding section of an orationcodathe closing section of a musical composition
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event whose occurrence ends somethingsynonyms: conclusión, finalización, llegada, terminacióntypes:finthe concluding parts of an event or occurrenceresultadosomething that resultsresultado inevitablean inevitable endingdemolición, derribo, derrumbamiento, destrucciónan event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys somethingvictoriaa successful ending of a struggle or contestderrotaan unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contestdesenlacethe outcome of a complex sequence of eventsconsecuenciathe outcome of an event especially as relative to an individualmerecidoan outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)el peorthe least favorable outcometriunfoa victory (as in a race or other competition)independenciathe successful ending of the American Revolutionvictoria pírricaa victory that is won by incurring terrible lossesjaque matecomplete victorytype of:sucesoan event that happens
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the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournamenttype of:partidoa formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
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a boundary marking the extremities of somethingsynonyms: acabamiento, extremo, fin, términotype of:límitethe line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
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either extremity of something that has lengthtypes:puntasharp endtérminoeither end of a railroad or bus routepenoleither end of the yard of a square-rigged shippuntathe extreme end of something; especially something pointedpunta de flechathe pointed head or striking tip of an arrowpolo positivothe pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freelypicaa sharp point (as on the end of a spear)punta de alfilerthe sharp point of a pinpolo negativothe pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freelypunta de lanzathe head and sharpened point of a speartype of:extremothe outermost or farthest region or point
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a final statetype of:estadothe way something is with respect to its main attributes
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the point in time at which something endssynonyms: conclusión, fin, terminación, topeantonyms:apertura, comienzo, empiece, iniciación, inicio, nacimiento, offset, principio, umbralthe time at which something is supposed to begintypes:agonizante, defunción, desaparición, fallecimiento, fenecimiento, finamiento, muerte, obituario, óbitothe time when something endsconclusión, fenecimiento, fin, meta, remate, terminación, términothe temporal end; the concluding timecolathe time of the last part of something
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the temporal end; the concluding timesynonyms: conclusión, fenecimiento, fin, meta, remate, terminación, término
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