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English

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Alternative forms

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  • (non-Oxford British standard spelling) finalise

Etymology

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English final
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English finalize

From final + -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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finalize (third-person singular simple present finalizes, present participle finalizing, simple past and past participle finalized)

  1. (transitive) To make final or firm; to finish or complete.
    As soon as we get the plane tickets, we'll finalize our reservations with the hotel.
  2. (transitive, computing, programming) To prepare (an object) for garbage collection by calling its finalizer.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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to make final or firm; to finish or complete see also finish

Portuguese

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Verb

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finalize

  1. inflection of finalizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative