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Definition of Finale

1. Noun. The closing section of a musical composition.

2. Noun. The temporal end; the concluding time. "They were playing better at the close of the season"

3. Noun. The concluding part of any performance.

Definition of Finale

1. n. Close; termination

Definition of Finale

1. Noun. The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music. ¹

2. Noun. (narratology) The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Finale

1. a close or termination of something [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Finale

final impression final injunction final judgment final nail in the coffin final nails in the coffin final payment final period final result final sigma final sigmas

final solution final stage final straw final whistle final whistles finale (current term) finales finalis finalisation finalisations

finalise finalised finaliser finalisers finalises finalising finalism finalisms finalist finalists

Literary usage of Finale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac (1903)
"31 (in G), in the Septuor, and in many Symphonies; finally, it may be nothing more than a simple introduction, longer or shorter, preceding the finale and ..."

2. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1897)
"It is a singular fatality that in most sonatas, trios, symphonies, and similar works of length, the finale represents the weakest part of the composition; ..."

3. Confessions of an English Opium-eater ; And, Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey (1851)
"finale TO PART I. — SAVANNAH-LA-MAR. GOD smote Savannah-la-Mar, and in one night, by earthquake, removed her, with all her towers standing and population ..."

4. Messianic Prophecies in Historical Succession by Franz Delitzsch (1891)
"The Great finale, Isa. xxiv.-xxvii. The Deutero - Isaianic prediction ... This finale is one of the greatest achievements of Old Testament prophecy. ..."

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