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finalling

finalling 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 finalling

What is finalling the present participle of?
Finalling is the present participle of final.

Words near finalling in the dictionary

  1. finalizers
  2. finalizes
  3. finalizing
  4. finall
  5. finalled
  6. finalling
  7. finalls
  8. finally
  9. finals
  10. finals week
  11. finals weeks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finalling (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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