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finaling

finaling is the present participle of final.

Meaning of final

Verb

final (third-person singular simple present finals, present participle (US) finaling or (UK) finalling, simple past and past participle (US) finaled or (UK) finalled)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To qualify for the final round of a competition.
    • Mike finalled in both the 400 meter and the 800 meter races.

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Questions about finaling

What is finaling the present participle of?
Finaling is the present participle of final.

Words near finaling in the dictionary

  1. finale
  2. finale concertato
  3. finaled
  4. finales
  5. finalia
  6. finaling
  7. finalis
  8. finalisation
  9. finalisations
  10. finalise
  11. finalised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finaling (page history and authors); final (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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