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finalise

finalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of finalize.

Meaning of finalize

Verb

finalize (third-person singular simple present finalizes, present participle finalizing, simple past and past participle finalized)

  1. (transitive) To make final or firm; to finish or complete.
    • As soon as we get the plane tickets, we'll finalize our reservations with the hotel.
  2. (transitive) To prepare (an object) for garbage collection by calling its finalizer.

Forms of finalise

third-person singular presentfinalises
present participlefinalising
past participlefinalised
pastfinalised

Origin of finalise

From final + -ise.

Words formed from finalise

Questions about finalise

What is finalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Finalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of finalize.

Words near finalise in the dictionary

  1. finalia
  2. finaling
  3. finalis
  4. finalisation
  5. finalisations
  6. finalise
  7. finalised
  8. finaliser
  9. finalisers
  10. finalises
  11. finalising

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: finalise (page history and authors); finalize (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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