| 单词 | finalize |
| 释义 | finalize (once / 7023 pages) v When you put the finishing touches on something, such as agreeing on a specific time and place to meet your friend on Saturday, you finalize your plans. The word finalize is relatively new, and often people choose to use the words conclude or complete instead, maybe because finalize seems a little fake to them. In the 1920s, an Australian writer took the word final, meaning the very last, and the suffix -ize, and stuck them together to make finalize. Before long it showed up in dictionaries, and the invention of the word was finalized. WORD FAMILYfinalize: finalization, finalized, finalizes, finalizing+/final: finalise, finalist, finality, finalize, finally, finals, semifinal/finalise: finalisation, finalised/finalist: finalists/finality: finalities/semifinal: semifinalist, semifinals/semifinalist: semifinalists USAGE EXAMPLESAlso worth noting is that Green Bay’s win over Detroit also finalized the list of opponents for Seattle in 2017. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) He hopes to finalize a few more details before distribution begins. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He hopes to finalize plans within the next week. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) v make final; put the last touches on; put into final form let's finalize the proposal Syn|Hyper finalise, nail down, settle end, terminate bring to an end or halt |
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