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FINALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they finalize ... he / she / it finalizes
Past simple: finalized
Past participle: finalized
-ing form: finalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
Example:
let's finalize the proposal
Synonyms:
finalise; finalize; nail down; settle
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "finalize" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
finalization (the act of finalizing)
