Commentary: FINAL[+event] The last exam that is administered in an academic term.
Examples:
I studied all night for my Linguistics final.
It's almost finals time.
The final begins at noon and ends at six-thirty.
John failed his final because he'd been studying the wrong subject.
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Commentary: FINAL[+event] In an elimination tournament, the match between the winners of all the previous matches. The game or match that finalists play.
Examples:
Our team made it to the finals!
The final is going to be played on Saturday at ten o'clock in the morning.
We lost the final and went home.
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Commentary: The actual exam, as a piece of paper, that students write on at the end of an academic term. Use this sense only when it is very clear that a physical object is being referred to.
Examples:
John spilled coffee all over his final.
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