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finality

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fi·nal·i·ty  (f-nl-t, f-)
n. pl. fi·nal·i·ties
1. The condition or fact of being final.
2. A final, conclusive, or decisive act or utterance.

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
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Noun1.finality - the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death"
definiteness, determinateness - the quality of being predictable with great confidence

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 finalitydijo de modo terminante
finality [faɪˈnælɪti] ncaractère m définitif
the finality of death → l'irrévocabilité de la mort
with an air of finality → sur un ton définitif
finality
n (of decision etc)Endgültigkeit f; (of tone of voice)Entschiedenheit f, → Bestimmtheit f
finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] nirrevocabilità
with an air of finality → con risolutezza
finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] nirrevocabilità
with an air of finality → con risolutezza


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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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