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final reckonings

final reckonings is the plural of final reckoning.

Meaning of final reckoning

Noun

final reckoning (countable and uncountable, plural final reckonings)

  1. (Judaism) Synonym of judgement day (“the final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits”).
  2. (figuratively) The act of assessing the overall merits of something.
    • In the final reckoning, Spain paid the price for the Achilles heel that troubled them in the early stages of this competition, namely an inability to crown glorious passing and approach play with an end product.2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy Beat Spain on Penalties: ‘Pure Theatre as Italy Present Formidable Obstacle in Final’”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023

Questions about final reckonings

What is final reckonings the plural of?
Final reckonings is the plural of final reckoning.

Words near final reckonings in the dictionary

  1. final paper
  2. final papers
  3. final parsec problem
  4. final point
  5. final reckoning
  6. final reckonings
  7. final roundup
  8. final roundups
  9. final salary
  10. final say
  11. Final Sermon

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