"finality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /faɪˈnælɪti/, /faɪˈnæləti/, /fɪ-/ Forms: finalities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French finalité. equivalent to final + -ity. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|frm|finalité|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French finalité, {{bor+|en|frm|finalité}} Borrowed from Middle French finalité, {{suffix|en|final|ity}} final + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} finality (countable and uncountable, plural finalities)
  1. The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: counterfinality, counter-finality Translations (state of being final): finalitat [feminine] (Catalan), finalité [feminine] (French), Finalität [feminine] (German), finaleso (Ido), fīnālitās [feminine] (Latin)

Inflected forms

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