finalize (redirected from finalising)

fi·nal·ize  (fn-lz)

tr.v. fi·nal·ized, fi·nal·iz·ing, fi·nal·iz·es

To put into final form; complete or conclude: "They have jointly agreed ... to drop all litigation when the merger is finalized" (Springfield MA Union-News).

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final·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.

final·izer n.

Usage Note: Once considered objectionable because of its association with the language of bureaucracy, finalize is steadily gaining acceptance. In the late 1960s, 90 percent of the Usage Panel found the example finalize plans for a class reunion unacceptable; in the late 1980s, 71 percent disapproved. By 1997, only 28 percent of the Usage Panel found it unacceptable in the sentence We will send you more information once we finalize plans for the reunion. Although substitutes for finalize can be found among complete, conclude, make final, and put into final form, none of these is an exact synonym. This may be why resistance to finalize is eroding. See Usage Note at prioritize.

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finalize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to put into final form; settle: plans have yet to be finalized

finalization
-isation n

USAGE: Although finalize has been in widespread use for some time, many speakers and writers still prefer to use complete, conclude, or make final, esp. in formal contexts.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

finalize - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" finalise, nail down, settle terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

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finalize or finalise

verb complete, settle, conclude, tie up, decide, agree, work out, clinch, wrap up (informal) shake hands, sew up (informal) complete the arrangements for

Translations

finalize [ˈfaɪnəlaɪz] vt → ultimar

finalize [ˈfaɪnəlaɪz] final vt → mettre au point

finalize [ˈfaɪnəlaɪz] final vt → endgültig festlegen

finalize [ˈfaɪnəlaɪz] vt → mettere a punto