Meanings
plural finalities
- countableuncountableThe state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
The finality of my father's death suddenly hit me: there would be no more bedtime stories, no more games of catch in the back yard.
1 more example
By way of contrast there is an air of finality about the closure of the Welsh Highland Railway.
1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 409
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being final or definitely settled
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchfinalité
- Englishfinality
Borrowed from Middle French finalité. equivalent to final + -ity.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan finalitat
- finalitatstate of being final
Czech konečnost, definitivnost
- konečnoststate of being final
- definitivnoststate of being final
Finnish lopullisuus, lainvoimaisuus
- lopullisuusstate of being final
- lainvoimaisuusstate of being final
French finalité
- finalitéstate of being final
German Finalität
- Finalitätstate of being final
Latin fīnālitās
- fīnālitāsstate of being final
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with finality
Cite this entry
finality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finality
“finality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finality.
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