Definition

Verb: 1. To complete the last part of a process or document; to make something final and ready for use or implementation. This involves adding finishing details, making concluding decisions, or giving official approval so that no further changes are expected.

Usage

The verb "finalise" is used to describe the act of bringing a process, plan, agreement, or document to its completed state. It is often used in formal, business, or administrative contexts. The object of the verb is typically the thing being completed (e.g., a contract, a report, arrangements).

Examples

• The committee will finalise the budget by Friday.
• We need to finalise the details of the contract before signing.
• She spent the afternoon finalising her thesis for submission.

Advanced Usage

• "To finalise on something": This construction, while sometimes used, is often considered redundant. The preferred usage is simply "to finalise something."
  • Less common: Let's finalise on the schedule.
  • Preferred: Let's finalise the schedule.

Variants and Related Words

• Finalization (noun): The act or process of making something final.
  • The finalization of the deal took several weeks.
• Final (adjective): Constituting the end or last part.
  • This is my final decision.

Synonyms

• Complete: To finish making or doing.
• Conclude: To bring to an end; to finish.
• Settle: To resolve or reach an agreement about.
• Wrap up: (Informal) To bring to a conclusion.

Phrasal Verbs

(The word "finalise" itself is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms that use the word "finalise" as a key component.)

Verb

1. make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
   • let's finalize the proposal