I.
noun
1 last game/match in a competition
ADJECTIVE
▪ grand
▪
He got through to the grand ~ of the competition.
▪ area ( esp. BrE ), national , regional , state , world
▪ men's , women's
▪ championship , cup ( BrE ), tournament
VERB + FINAL
▪ hold , host , stage ( BrE )
▪
Never before have two countries hosted the ~s.
▪ be through to , enter , get through to , go through to , make , make it to , qualify for , reach
▪
If we play well, we hope to make it to the ~.
▪
He entered the ~s as the tournament leader for the second year.
▪ compete in , contest , meet sb in , play in
▪
Russia met Canada in the ~.
▪ win
FINAL + VERB
▪ be played , take place
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
▪
Who is in the men's ~?
2 finals exams
ADJECTIVE
▪ college ( AmE ), school ( AmE ), university ( BrE )
VERB + FINALS
▪ revise for ( BrE ), study for
▪ do ( esp. BrE ), have , sit ( BrE ), take
▪ fail , pass
II.
adj.
Final is used with these nouns: ↑ act , ↑ answer , ↑ appearance , ↑ approval , ↑ arrangement , ↑ assault , ↑ assembly , ↑ assessment , ↑ balance , ↑ battle , ↑ bell , ↑ bend , ↑ bid , ↑ blow , ↑ briefing , ↑ burst , ↑ chance , ↑ chapter , ↑ check , ↑ chorus , ↑ climb , ↑ closure , ↑ coat , ↑ concert , ↑ conclusion , ↑ confirmation , ↑ confrontation , ↑ credit , ↑ curtain , ↑ dash , ↑ decision , ↑ defeat , ↑ demand , ↑ demise , ↑ descent , ↑ destination , ↑ destruction , ↑ detail , ↑ diagnosis , ↑ dividend , ↑ document , ↑ draft , ↑ effort , ↑ encounter , ↑ episode , ↑ exam , ↑ examination , ↑ farewell , ↑ fate , ↑ fixture , ↑ fling , ↑ flourish , ↑ form , ↑ frontier , ↑ grade , ↑ harvest , ↑ haul , ↑ hearing , ↑ humiliation , ↑ hurdle , ↑ illness , ↑ impression , ↑ instalment , ↑ instruction , ↑ insult , ↑ invoice , ↑ irony , ↑ judgement , ↑ kiss , ↑ lap , ↑ leg , ↑ match , ↑ meeting , ↑ minute , ↑ moment , ↑ month , ↑ movement , ↑ negotiation , ↑ number , ↑ offer , ↑ outcome , ↑ page , ↑ paragraph , ↑ parting , ↑ passage , ↑ payment , ↑ phase , ↑ play , ↑ plea , ↑ point , ↑ preparation , ↑ product , ↑ proof , ↑ push , ↑ recommendation , ↑ remark , ↑ reminder , ↑ replay , ↑ report , ↑ request , ↑ resolution , ↑ result , ↑ revision , ↑ rinse , ↑ round , ↑ ruling , ↑ sacrifice , ↑ salary , ↑ salute , ↑ scene , ↑ score , ↑ script , ↑ section , ↑ selection , ↑ sequence , ↑ session , ↑ settlement , ↑ shape , ↑ shortlist , ↑ showdown , ↑ sip , ↑ solution , ↑ spot , ↑ sprint , ↑ spurt , ↑ stage , ↑ step , ↑ stretch , ↑ syllable , ↑ text , ↑ third , ↑ thought , ↑ time , ↑ toll , ↑ total , ↑ touch , ↑ track , ↑ tribute , ↑ triumph , ↑ twist , ↑ update , ↑ verdict , ↑ version , ↑ vestige , ↑ volume , ↑ vote , ↑ vow , ↑ vowel , ↑ voyage , ↑ warning , ↑ whistle , ↑ wish , ↑ word , ↑ year