MEANING
The sense or fact that something is settled or ended and cannot be changed.
Use it for
describing the irreversible nature of death; showing an ending that allows no return; portraying a decision made beyond further discussion; giving a line of dialogue an unmistakably closing toneExpresses that an ending or decision cannot be reopened, rather than merely saying it has happened. Writing functions: Death / Mortality.
Words that belong together
- the finality of death
- a sense of finality
- speak with finality
On the page
The finality of the locked door affected her more than the empty rooms.
He said her name with a finality that left no room for another question.
Word forms
- Base
- finality
Usage notes
Usually an uncountable abstract noun: the finality of something; with finality; a sense of finality. Not normally pluralized in ordinary literary use. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (dictionary-informed qualitative editorial estimate; not a measured frequency).
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