Meaning & use

finalizing

verb·Academic

Completing or settling the last remaining details of something, making it official.

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The lawyers spent the week finalizing the terms of the merger agreement.

We are finalizing the guest list before sending out invitations tomorrow.

A note on using this word

Finalizing implies that most of the work is done and only the last, official steps remain.

Words with a similar meaning

completingconcluding

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