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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French finalité. equivalent to final + -ity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faɪˈnælɪti/, /faɪˈnæləti/, (now rare) /fɪ-/
- Rhymes: -ælɪti
Noun
finality (countable and uncountable, plural finalities)
- The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
The finality of my father's death suddenly hit me: there would be no more bedtime stories, no more games of catch in the back yard.
1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 409:By way of contrast there is an air of finality about the closure of the Welsh Highland Railway.
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References
- “finality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.