Meaning & use

Finale

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The last part of something, especially a dramatic or musical performance, typically its most exciting or climactic section.

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The fireworks display capped off a spectacular finale.

Critics praised the symphony's thunderous finale.

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Borrowed from Italian, "finale" is widely used in music and theater to describe a work's concluding section.

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