finale

UK /fɨˈnɑːli/ US /fɨˈnɑli/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

dramatic, exciting, grand, rousing, thrilling

The concert's dramatic finale left the audience jumping to their feet in amazement.

fitting

VERB + FINALE

end in/with, have, reach

The concert reached its finale when the orchestra played the national anthem.

provide

The fireworks display provided a spectacular finale to the wedding celebration.

PREP

~ to

The fireworks display provided a spectacular finale to the festival.

Definitions

noun

The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.

Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.

The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the concluding part of any performance

close
finis

noun — the closing section of a musical composition

coda

noun — the temporal end

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.

Wiktionary

The finale of "The Sopranos", which aired in 2007, had 11.9 million Americans glued to their TV sets.

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The finale was so good, that I rewatched it many times.

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It was a wonderful finale.

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I wanna be at home at four o'clock for the series finale.

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The series finale was good, but the show itself was phenomenal.

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