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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

finaliser

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fi.na.li.ze/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Finalise/ˈfaɪ.nəl.aɪz/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Nous devons finaliser les détails du contrat."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To bring something such as a plan, contract, or arrangement to a completion or settled state.

    "The two companies are expected to finalise the merger agreement by the end of the week."
  2. 2

    To complete the last details of something.

    "She needs a few more hours to finalise her presentation before the conference begins."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'final' (from Latin 'finalis', meaning pertaining to an end), combined with the verb-forming suffix '-ise' (-ize) originating from Greek '-ίζειν'. It emerged in the mid-19th century to describe the act of bringing a plan, agreement, or arrangement to completion.

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