finalist
- a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
Origin of finalist
Examples from the Web for finalist
Contemporary Examples of finalist
For months, I struggled with the decision and after being rejected as a finalist from a fellowship I found myself at a crossroads.
The duo also thanked mentor—and former CVFF finalist—Prabal Gurung for his assistance and support.
We learn that Rachel is a finalist for the part of Fanny Brice in the revival of Funny Girl.
The 2013 fiction judges: Charles Baxter was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction in 2000 for The Feast of Love.
The National Book Awards Longlist for FictionSeptember 19, 2013
René Steinke was a 2005 National Book Award finalist in fiction for her novel Holy Skirts.
The National Book Awards Longlist for FictionSeptember 19, 2013
Historical Examples of finalist
Already the finalist theory of life eludes all precise verification.
Creative EvolutionHenri Bergson
This reason is a logical necessity, but the logical necessity does not prove the teleological or finalist necessity.
Tragic Sense Of LifeMiguel de Unamuno
The finalist or teleological conception is not any more tenable, for Evolution is not simply the realization of a plan.
Bergson and His PhilosophyJ. Alexander Gunn
finalist
- a contestant who has reached the last and decisive stage of a sports or other competition