"final act" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: final acts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} final act (plural final acts)
  1. The last part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained.
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  2. A final performance or accomplishment, before one's retirement or ultimate demise.
    Sense id: en-final_act-en-noun-Rj7jpEpO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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