0 last: --
1 the last in a series of games, races, or competitions, usually the one in which the winner is chosen: --
Do you think she will make it to the finals this year in the US Open?
The men's basketball final will be on Sunday.
Last year we got through to the final.
2 the exams taken at the end of a university or college course: --
3 last: --
4 the last in a series of games, races, or competitions: --
The women’s basketball finals will be on Sunday.
5 last in a series, or happening for the last time: --
final review/inspection/report The realtor will do a final inspection of the property on Thursday.
final warning/notice/reminder He was fined two weeks' wages and given a final warning about his conduct.
final quarter/stage/period Sales jumped in the final quarter, reaching $53.8 million.
final payment/instalment/dividend Shareholders will get a final payment of 30.2p a share through the issue of redeemable shares.
Even in the final period of our study, 1825-1849, almost two-thirds of the transfers between parents and children involved retirement.
For present purposes, this final distinction is not pertinent.
A final source of the conflicting results may lie in the left - right and yes - no decision tasks.
85 are acknowledged for suggestions that resulted in substantial improvements in the final manuscript.
The final population included 35 women and 7 men, the majority of whom suffered from malignant breast tumors (34 persons).
However, the structural similarities encountered on the level of the facts summarized by the final judgements indicate certain basic lines of intra-familial conflict.
The final personal characteristic we examine is country of birth, which has not been as extensively studied in the literature as the other personal characteristics.
As a final reading, however, this conclusion must necessarily discount two things.
