finale

[fi-nal-ee, -nah-lee]

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noun

the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
the concluding part of any performance, course of proceedings, etc.; end.

Origin of finale

1715–25; < Italian, noun use of finale (adj.) < Latin fīnālis final

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Related Words for finale

denouement, climax, conclusion, culmination, finish, end, consummation, cessation, termination, summation, close, epilogue, button, payoff, closer, windup, finis, peroration, afterpiece, chaser

Examples from the Web for finale

Contemporary Examples of finale

When things reached the ludicrous crescendo of the finale—when neither story made sense—my heart sank.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale
Tim Teeman
December 22, 2014
So why does Season 2—which just had its fall finale Monday night—feel like such a disappointment so far?
The Blacklist’s Frustrating Fall: Keen’s a Keeper, but Red Regresses
Jason Lynch
November 11, 2014
Let Me Be Frank With You is likely the finale of Frank Bascombe.
Richard Ford’s Artful Survivalist Guide: The Return of Frank Bascombe
Tom LeClair
November 4, 2014
Undefeated Harvard, which had three games left, including its finale with Yale, did not follow suit.
When West Point Football Turned Fatal
Nicolaus Mills
October 30, 2014
Although Meredith and I did write the finale episode of Season 3.
‘Homeland’ Creator Talks Season 4’s ‘Reboot,’ Life After Brody, and How ISIS Will Affect the Show
Marlow Stern
October 6, 2014

Historical Examples of finale

A frenzied explosion of yells, jests, and applause covered the finale.
Romance
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
She glanced at him, with an adorable smile as a finale, so confident she had proven her case.
The Bondwoman
Marah Ellis Ryan
It consists of an air, nine variations and a finale which is in rondo form.
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. Mathews
Finale to that festival where each guest might be safely merry.
Man of Uz, and Other Poems
Lydia Howard Sigourney
The ‘scene’ was over, and we all leaped to our feet to enact the finale.
The Desert Home
Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for finale

finale

noun

the concluding part of any performance or presentation
the closing section or movement of a musical composition

Word Origin for finale

C18: from Italian, n use of adj finale, from Latin fīnālis final

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Word Origin and History for finale

1783, borrowed as a musical term from Italian finale "final," from Latin finalis (see final). From 1724 as an Italian word in English. Figurative use by 1810.