"finalise" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "final + -ise",
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      "form": "finalises",
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      "form": "finalising",
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    {
      "form": "finalised",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722",
          "text": "Thus the electrical engineer must determine his cable layout long before he finalises the remainder of his design work for the location.",
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        {
          "ref": "2024 March 6, “Network News: Southern revises Coastway service”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 12",
          "text": "The timetable changes follow a three-month public engagement programme carried out last summer. Southern said it \"consulted hundreds of comments received from passengers and local communities before finalising its changes\".",
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  "word": "finalise"
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      "word": "finalisation"
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  "etymology_text": "final + -ise",
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      "form": "finalising",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "finalised",
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          "ref": "1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722",
          "text": "Thus the electrical engineer must determine his cable layout long before he finalises the remainder of his design work for the location.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 March 6, “Network News: Southern revises Coastway service”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 12",
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