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1.nounA final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
2.nounThe last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
3.nounA contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
4.nounThe final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
5.nounThe tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.