eventually English
Adverb
( -)
In the end.
* 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage ,
- It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
(mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail.
Synonyms
* at last
* finally
* yet
* ultimately
* in the end
See also
* frequently
See also
* sooner or later
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final Noun
( en noun)
(US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
(sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
(phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
(music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
Adjective
( en adjective)
Last; ultimate.
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*1671 , (John Milton), (Samson Agonistes)
*:Yet despair not of his final pardon.
Conclusive; decisive.
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Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
(lb) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
(lb) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
Synonyms
* endly
* terminal
Antonyms
* initial
* early
* first
Derived terms
* final cause
* finalist
* semifinal
Related terms
* finale
* fine
* finish
* finite
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