finality

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fi=nal=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

finality, n. [L. finalitas the being last.].

•  The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement.  Baxter.  [1913 Webster]
•  The relation of end or purpose to its means.  Janet.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

finality, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the quality or fact of being final.
2 the belief that something is final.
3 a final act, state, or utterance.
4 the principle of final cause viewed as operative in the universe.

Etymology

F finalit{eacute} f. LL finalitas -tatis (as FINAL)

THESAURUS

finality

Z, apodosis, catastrophe, ceasing, certainty, certitude, cessation, coda, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, decisiveness, definitiveness, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, eventuality, expiration, fate, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finis, finish, fixedness, futureness, futurity, goal, immutability, incontrovertibility, indisputability, irrefutability, irreversibility, izzard, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, omega, payoff, period, peroration, quietus, resolution, resting place, stoppage, stopping place, sureness, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, ultimateness, unalterability, unchangeability, windup

ROGET THESAURUS

finality

End

N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

Completion

N completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment, performance, execution, despatch, dispatch, consummation, culmination, finish, conclusion, close, terminus, winding up, finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result, final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke, last finish, coup de grace, crowning of the edifice, coping-stone, keystone, missing link, superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli, elaboration, finality, completeness, completing, final, concluding, conclusive, crowning, exhaustive, done, completed, done for, sped, wrought out, highly wrought, thorough, ripe, completely, to crown all, out of hand, the race is run, actum est, finis coronat opus, consummatum est, c'en est fait, it is all over, the game is played out, the bubble has burst, aussitot dit aussitot fait, aut non tentaris aut perfice.