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finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] n pl -ties
1. the condition or quality of being final or settled; conclusiveness the finality of death 2. a final or conclusive act 3. (Philosophy) Metaphysics the doctrine of the efficacy of final causes Compare teleology ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
finality noun conclusiveness, resolution, decisiveness, certitude, definiteness, irrevocability, inevitableness, unavoidability, decidedness Children have difficulty in grasping the finality of death. Translations finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] N (= conclusiveness) [of death] → lo irreversible; [of decision] → carácter m definitivo he said with finality → dijo de modo terminante finality finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] n → irrevocabilità with an air of finality → con risolutezza finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] n → irrevocabilità with an air of finality → con risolutezza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The menace of the "overdue" and the finality of "missing" come very quickly to steamers whose life, fed on coals and breathing the black breath of smoke into the air, goes on in disregard of wind and wave. To be a great lover is to be a great mystic, since in the highest conception of mortal beauty that the mind can form there lies always the unattainable, the unpossessed, suggesting the world of beauty and finality beyond our mortal reach. The finality in his tone seemed to assure Lady Greystoke that further argument was futile, and so she abandoned the subject. |
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