- final
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 last game/match in a competitionADJECTIVE▪ grand▪
He got through to the grand final of the competition.
▪ area (esp. BrE), national, regional, state, world▪ men's, women's▪ championship, cup (BrE), tournamentVERB + FINAL▪ hold, host, stage (BrE)▪Never before have two countries hosted the finals.
▪ be through to, enter, get through to, go through to, make, make it to, qualify for, reach▪If we play well, we hope to make it to the final.
▪He entered the finals as the tournament leader for the second year.
▪ compete in, contest, meet sb in, play in▪Russia met Canada in the final.
▪ winFINAL + VERB▪ be played, take placePREPOSITION▪ in the final▪Who is in the men's final?
2 finals examsADJECTIVE▪ college (AmE), school (AmE), university (BrE)VERB + FINALS▪ revise for (BrE), study for▪ do (esp. BrE), have, sit (BrE), take▪ fail, pass{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}adj.Final is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑answer, ↑appearance, ↑approval, ↑arrangement, ↑assault, ↑assembly, ↑assessment, ↑balance, ↑battle, ↑bell, ↑bend, ↑bid, ↑blow, ↑briefing, ↑burst, ↑chance, ↑chapter, ↑check, ↑chorus, ↑climb, ↑closure, ↑coat, ↑concert, ↑conclusion, ↑confirmation, ↑confrontation, ↑credit, ↑curtain, ↑dash, ↑decision, ↑defeat, ↑demand, ↑demise, ↑descent, ↑destination, ↑destruction, ↑detail, ↑diagnosis, ↑dividend, ↑document, ↑draft, ↑effort, ↑encounter, ↑episode, ↑exam, ↑examination, ↑farewell, ↑fate, ↑fixture, ↑fling, ↑flourish, ↑form, ↑frontier, ↑grade, ↑harvest, ↑haul, ↑hearing, ↑humiliation, ↑hurdle, ↑illness, ↑impression, ↑instalment, ↑instruction, ↑insult, ↑invoice, ↑irony, ↑judgement, ↑kiss, ↑lap, ↑leg, ↑match, ↑meeting, ↑minute, ↑moment, ↑month, ↑movement, ↑negotiation, ↑number, ↑offer, ↑outcome, ↑page, ↑paragraph, ↑parting, ↑passage, ↑payment, ↑phase, ↑play, ↑plea, ↑point, ↑preparation, ↑product, ↑proof, ↑push, ↑recommendation, ↑remark, ↑reminder, ↑replay, ↑report, ↑request, ↑resolution, ↑result, ↑revision, ↑rinse, ↑round, ↑ruling, ↑sacrifice, ↑salary, ↑salute, ↑scene, ↑score, ↑script, ↑section, ↑selection, ↑sequence, ↑session, ↑settlement, ↑shape, ↑shortlist, ↑showdown, ↑sip, ↑solution, ↑spot, ↑sprint, ↑spurt, ↑stage, ↑step, ↑stretch, ↑syllable, ↑text, ↑third, ↑thought, ↑time, ↑toll, ↑total, ↑touch, ↑track, ↑tribute, ↑triumph, ↑twist, ↑update, ↑verdict, ↑version, ↑vestige, ↑volume, ↑vote, ↑vow, ↑vowel, ↑voyage, ↑warning, ↑whistle, ↑wish, ↑word, ↑year
Collocations dictionary. 2013.