Definition of Final

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Definition of Final

Final

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.

Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.

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Final Quotations

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
Maya Angelou

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
John Wooden

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam.
George Carlin

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
John F. Kennedy

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture.
Pablo Picasso

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
Hunter S. Thompson

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Anne Frank

Final Translations

final in Dutch is finaal, uiteindelijk
final in Italian is finale
final in Norwegian is finale, sist, endelig
final in Portuguese is final
final in Spanish is ultimo, perentorio
final in Swedish is slutlig

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