2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, inBBC Sport[1]:
Andre Santos equalised and the outstandingTheo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time beforeJuan Mata's spectacular strike set up thefinale for an enthralling encounter.
(sports)final,finals (game between the last two competitors remaining in the running, in elimination tournaments)
2013 August 21, “Savate et boxe française. Une nouvelle appellation [Savate and French Boxing. A New Name]”, inLe Télégramme [The Telegram][2], Quintin: Groupe Télégramme,→ISSN, archived fromthe original on15 August 2024:
Gaby Irvoas confiait il y a quelques jours : « Cette saison s’est fort bien terminée pour nos jeunes savateuses et savateurs. Depuis plusieurs années, l’école de savate de la MJC présente des compétiteurs et compétitrices jusqu’enfinale du championnat de France. »
Gaby Irvoas confided a few days ago: "This season has ended very well for our young savateuses and savateurs. For several years now, the MJC's savate school has been taking male and female competitors all the way to thefinals of the French championship."
2022 July 27, “Au tournoi du Tennis-club Taulé-Plouénan, 119 joueurs et des rencontres de qualité [At the Tennis-Club Taulé-Plouénan Tournament, 119 Players and Quality Matches]”, inLe Télégramme [The Telegram][3], Morlaix: Groupe Télégramme,→ISSN, archived fromthe original onAugust 16, 2024, page 8:
En raison de l’alerte rouge canicule du lundi 18 juillet, l’arrêt préfectoral interdisant la pratique du sport en intérieur a amené Gérald Kerscaven, juge-arbitre, à décaler lesfinales du samedi 23 au dimanche 24 juillet.
Due to the red heatwave alert on Monday, July 18th, the prefectural order banning the practice of indoor sports led Gérald Kerscaven, umpire, to reschedule thefinals from Saturday, July 23rd to Sunday, July 24th.
(chess)endgame,end game (moment in the game when the threat of checkmate is low and the kings participate in the struggle)
The names of the various rounds of a tournament are built from the number of competitors who will remain after the round. For example, after the quarterfinals, there will be four competitors left over.
(linguistics)finalphoneme (final phoneme in a syllable. Often used in the study of Chinese languages)
(grammar) finalletter, finalsyllable (last letter of a word, or last syllable of a sentence)
finalphrase (last part of a period, of a long sentence)
1899, Antoine Albalat, “Sixième leçon [Sixth Lesson]”, inL'art d'écrire enseigné en vingt leçons [The Art of Writing Taught in Twenty Lessons], Procédés contemporains [Contemporary Processes], page149:
En résumé, c’est la proportion, l’équilibre, la logique qui détermineront a priori l’harmonie d’une phrase, et c’est en soignant surtout lesfinales qu’on obtiendra l’effet musical complet.
In short, it is proportion, equilibrium and logic that will determine the harmony of a sentence a priori, and it is by paying attention especially to thefinal phrase that one will obtain the full musical effect.
