Finalize

English

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, computing, programming) To prepare (an object) for garbage collection by calling its finalizer.

Synonyms

• engross (of a document)

Derived terms

• finalizer
• unfinalized

Thesaurus

KO, button up, call off, cancel, cap, carry to completion, clean up, climax, clinch, close out, close up, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, decide, delete, dispose of, drop the curtain, end, end off, expunge, extinguish, finish, finish off, finish up, fold up, get done, get it over, get over with, get through, get through with, give the quietus, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, mop up, perfect, polish off, put paid to, round out, scrag, settle, sew up, shoot down, terminate, top off, top out, wind up, wipe out, wrap up, zap

Alternative forms

• (UK) finalise

Etymology

From final + -ize.

Pronunciation

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Translations

to make final or firm; to finish or complete

Arabic: ينهي Czech: dokončit (cs) Finnish: viimeistellä (fi)

Hungarian: véglegesít (hu) Italian: finire (it)