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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun finale has 3 senses
- finale(n = noun.communication) coda - the closing section of a musical composition; Array is a kind of close, closing, conclusion, end, ending
- finale(n = noun.time) close, conclusion, finis, finish, last, stopping point - the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" is a kind of end, ending
- finale(n = noun.act) close, closing curtain, finis - the concluding part of any performance; Array is a kind of finish, finishing
is a part of performance, public presentation, composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
OXFORD DICTIONARY
finale, n.
1 a the last movement of an instrumental composition. b a piece of music closing an act in an opera.
2 the close of a drama etc.
3 a conclusion.
1 a the last movement of an instrumental composition. b a piece of music closing an act in an opera.
2 the close of a drama etc.
3 a conclusion.
Etymology
It. (as FINAL)
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finale
Z, act, afterpiece, apodosis, bit, bitter end, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, chaser, climax, close, coda, completion, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, divertimento, divertissement, doom, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, exode, exodus, expiration, expository scene, fate, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finality, finis, finish, goal, hoke act, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, introduction, izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, number, omega, payoff, period, peroration, prologue, quietus, resolution, resting place, routine, scene, shtick, sketch, skit, song and dance, stand-up comedy act, stoppage, stopping place, striptease, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, turn, windupROGET THESAURUS
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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.
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