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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

finalise en · VERB

Etymology

From final + -ise.

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of finalize.
    alt of finalize
    • The timetable changes follow a three-month public engagement programme carried out last summer. Southern said it "consulted hundreds of comments received from passengers and local communities before finalising its changes". 2024 March 6, “Network News: Southern revises Coastway service”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 12:
    • Thus the electrical engineer must determine his cable layout long before he finalises the remainder of his design work for the location. 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
finalises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
finalising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
finalised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
finalised Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

finalisation · unfinalised