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finalized

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈfaɪnəˌɫaɪzd// fi·nal·ized

adj. completely finished or agreed upon. You use this to describe a plan, deal, or document that is now in its final form and cannot be changed.

adj. having been brought to a conclusion or made final; no longer subject to change or negotiation. Often used predicatively after a linking verb or attributively to describe a completed process.


SIMPLE

The schedule for the conference is now finalized.

CONTEXTUAL

Once the contract is finalized by both legal teams, we can begin the construction phase of the project.

COMPLEX

The finalized report reflects months of rigorous data collection and incorporates the feedback provided by the external auditing committee during the preliminary review.

Synonyms
Usage

Often follows linking verbs like 'is', 'seems', or 'remains'; can also precede the noun it modifies.

Pitfall

We finalized about the deal.We finalized the deal.When used as a verb, 'finalize' is transitive and does not require a preposition before the object.

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