EGAVE

finalist

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An adherent of finalism; someone who believes that a given process or situation is in its final state, with no further change possible. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Someone who believes that natural processes (especially evolution) are tending towards some specific final state; a teleologist.
  3. noun Somebody or something that appears in the final of a competition.
  4. noun A university student taking their final examinations, or in the year of study when these are taken.

Similar words

runner-up winner nominee final superfinalist a final favourite champion grande finale grand finale

Often followed by

for in and at of was to is candidates

Word family

finalists

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