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finalize

/ˈfaɪ.nə.laɪz/

finalize verb: to make final or firm; to finish or complete.

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.

finalize meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

finalize in Tamil

இறுதிப் படுத்து, நிறை வேற்று, முடிவுசெய்

finalize in Malayalam

complete, conclude, clinch
അന്ത്യരൂപം കൊടുക്കുക, പൂർത്തിയാക്കുക, അവസാനരൂപം നൽകുക, അവസാനിപ്പിക്കുക, തീർക്കുക, പൂർണ്ണമാക്കുക

finalize in Kannada

ಕೊನೆಗೊಳಿಸು

finalize in Arabic

to make final or firm; to finish or complete
أَنْهَى ʔanhā

Examples of finalize in a sentence

  • We won't buy the same horse twice just to finalize this deal.
  • Furthermore, to Alice's point, it would be best to get input from the marketing team before finalizing this.
  • If you find one you like, plan to guard it like a hawk until the purchase is finalized.

All 15 example sentences with finalize

Synonyms of finalize

Forms of finalize

third-person singular presentfinalizes
present participlefinalizing
past participlefinalized
pastfinalized
alternative formfinalise

Past tense of finalize: finalized

Origin of finalize

From final + -ize.

Words formed from finalize

Questions about finalize

What does finalize mean?
Finalize means to make final or firm; to finish or complete.
What is finalize in Tamil?
Finalize in Tamil is இறுதிப் படுத்து, நிறை வேற்று, முடிவுசெய். See Finalize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is finalize?
Finalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce finalize?
Finalize is pronounced /ˈfaɪ.nə.laɪz/.
What is the past tense of finalize?
The past tense of finalize is finalized.

Words near finalize in the dictionary

  1. finalities
  2. finality
  3. finalizable
  4. finalization
  5. finalizations
  6. finalize
  7. finalized
  8. finalizer
  9. finalizers
  10. finalizes
  11. finalizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: finalize (page history and authors); finalize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); finalize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); finalize (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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