0 past simple and past participle of finalize
1 to make a final and certain decision about a plan, date, etc.:
Against all the odds, however, a deal has been finalized.
Presumably this happened before the range of allowed amino acids was finalized at just 20.
Items were pilot tested on 50-100 respondents in each country prior to being finalized for use in the main surveys.
The finalized self-administered questionnaire consisted of six parts.
The government bill based on this proposal is currently in the process of being finalized.
The finalized protocol was administered once to each youth, during either the first (n = 52, 33%) or second (n = 103, 67%) longitudinal interview.
This phase is finalized by creating a preliminary parts list and possibly production documents.
The contributors reviewed the draft before the paper was finalized.
