finale
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Meanings
Noun
1. ellipsis of partie finale
a. final, finals (game between the last two competitors remaining in the running, in elimination tournaments) (sports)
b. endgame, end game (moment in the game when the threat of checkmate is low and the kings participate in the struggle) (chess)
c. last part of a sentence (writing)
2. finale (ensemble piece that ends an act of an opera, symphony, sonata) (music)
Examples14
The episode of the travelling circus would be a good finale for these thirteen years.
In the end, our team lost in the final.
We've qualified for the final.
We have tickets for the final!
The final takes place on ninth September.
Our team qualified for the quarter-finals.