finalize
[fahyn-l-ahyz]
- to put into final form; complete all the details of.
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- to complete an agreement; conclude negotiations: We should finalize by the end of the week.
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Also especially British, fi·na·lise.
Origin of finalize
Usage note
See -ize.
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Contemporary Examples of finalized
Take fiscal year 2013, the last year the finalized data is available.
The pair began their relationship in 2007, and went public with it in 2010 after her divorce was finalized.
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The EPA regulations scheduled to be finalized next year still needs to be put in the books, and implemented by the states.
Her canonization was finalized in 1946, with the Vatican declaring her Patroness of Immigrants in 1950.
“Rather than the finalized models, we display the experimental work-in-progress ones,” Migarou says.
finalize
finalise
- (tr) to put into final form; settleto finalize plans for the merger
- (intr) to complete arrangements or negotiations; reach agreement on a transaction
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usage
Although finalize has been in widespread use for some time, many speakers and writers still prefer to use complete, conclude, or make final, esp in formal contexts
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Word Origin and History for finalized
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