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(after an adjective B7 M&Mfti) an ending to sth of the type mentioned a fitting finale to the day’s events
finalist /’fainalist/
noun a person who takes part in the final of a game or
competition an
Olympic
finalist
fi-nal-ity /fai'naelati/
noun [U] the quality of being final and impossible to
change 7 "7 2ft $14: the
finality of
death
?Et:[!ft%BTf!ft$14 o There was a note of finality in his voice. #, (tfj #rfT& $fc 0
fi nal ize (BrE also -ise) /'fainalaiz/ verb [VN] to complete the
last part of a plan, trip, project, etc. jft ( if ftl], jfc 55 @ ) HUbSTF ^^ %: to finalize
your plans/
arrangements jCi+#J / o They met to
finalize the
terms of the treaty. (Ml ^ B§ fil ^ &
tXo ► finaliza-tion, -isa tion noun [U]
finally 0-w /'fainali/ adv.
1
after a long time, especially when there has been some difficulty or delay ETHI eventually:
The performance finally started half an hour late. S&77 /fflf 01 finally managed
to get her
attention. M\ j££7 M M „ 0 When
they
finally
arrived it was well past
ends all discussion about
sth ®itfe; Ml:
The
matter was
not finally settled until later.
o
fi nance 0-w /‘fainaens; fai'naens;
fa'naens/ noun, verb
■
noun 1 [U] ~ (for sth) money used to run a
business, an activity or a project : Finance for
education comes from taxpayers. g tyiUAo 2 [U] the activity
of managing money,
especially by a government or commercial organization M 2ft ; & §£ ; M # : the Minister of
Finance M
3ft nP 0 the finance director/department ; M^oa diploma in
banking and
finance O the world of
high
finance (= finance involving large companies or
countries) ^ *I tfcB £W&HU
3 finances [pi.] the money
available to a person, an organization or a country; the way this money is
managed ( 7A. £
a: govemment/public/personalfinances
2ft Iff / /
TsAMA
o ft's about time you sorted out your finances.
o Moving house put a
severe strain on our finances. 111 $r 7 A
m verb [VN] to provide money
for a project $t ^ HT71 fund : The building
project will be financed by the government, @ # & 2ftJffif 0 He took a
job to finance his
stay in
finance company (BrE also finance house) noun a company that lends
money to people or businesses ( r»I
) mm*I,
fi nan cial On /fai'naenjl; fa'nae-/ ady. [usually before noun]
1
connected with money and finance M2ft ;
: financial services iil# O to give
financial advice tlj&M #^itj o to be in financial
difficulties fth.
7
0 an independent financial adviser <j& AMIrM [6] o
economic 2 {AustralE, NZE, informal) having money ff
4&HKJ ►
financially
/-Jali/
adv.: She is still financially dependent on her
parents. o
Financially, I’m
much better off than before,
]£ tfcii 7 o o Such projects
are not financially
viable without
government funding.
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fi nancial 'aid noun [U] (NAmE) money that is given or
lent to students at a university or college who cannot pay the full cost of
their education (
UJ
^@§5: to apply for financial aid $
the Financial Times 'indexnoun = FTSEindex fi nancial 'year {BrE) (BrE also 'tax
year) {NAmE .fiscal 'year) noun [usually
sing.] a
period of twelve months over which the accounts and taxes of a company or a
person are calculated M 2ft7 S.; £ it ■¥
Bt: the
current financial year
fi nancier /fai'na“nsi9(r); fa-; NAmE .finan'sir/ noun a person who lends
large amounts of money to businesses MMM
finch /fmtj/
noun (often in compounds a
small bird with a short beak.
There are several types of finch. —see also bullfinch,
chaffinch,
GOLDFINCH — picture O PAGE R28 find On/famd/ verb,
noun m verb (found, found /faond/)
►
BY CHANCE 1 to discover sb/sth
unexpectedly or by
chance ( Bfife ) 5$£'J: [VN] Look what
I’ve found! B^AfJS.7
ft ^! 0 We’ve found a great new restaurant near the office. I?
0 [VN-ADJ] A whale was found washed up
on the shore.
►
BY SEARCHING if MS 7 2 ~ sth (for sb) | ~ (sb) sth to
get back sth/sb that was
lost after searching for it/them #cfij; ^0 -. [VN, VNN] Can you
find my bag for me? o Can you find me my bag?
O [VN] I wanted to talk to him but he was nowhere
to be found. ?Jl i&ffc, ffi iP) L t£L 0 [VN-ADJ] The
child was found safe and well.
►
BY STUDYING/THINKING M y±E)\ ‘fi /}& % 3 to
discover sth/sb by searching, studying or thinking carefully (
[VN]
scientists trying
to find a cure for cancer
^ M O I
managed to find a solution to the problem. & i£
& & * 7 M & fpj M W ifr » 0 I’m
having trouble finding anything new to say on this subject.
OHavethey
found anyone
to replace her yet? (Ml #c 7 ft; # M W A ? o [VN, VNN] Can you find a
hotel for me? iff fb in 0 Can
you find me a hotel?
►
BY EXPERIENCE/TESTING it ft jf M f iit 4 to discover
that sth is true after you have
tried it, tested it or experienced it A SB ( )
: [V (that)] I find (that)
it pays to be
honest. O The
report found
that 30% of the firms studied had failed within a year. 30%
33 7 o O [VN-ADJ] We
found the beds very comfortable.
0 [VN to inf, VN that] Her blood was
found to contain poison. 0
It was found that her blood contained poison. i^Jl
}t 7 "k M
# $ % o O [VN to inf] They
found him to be charming. MlA#7f 0
[alsoVN-N]
►
HAVE OPINION/FEELING W:t JE / 5 to have a particu
lar feeling or opinion
about sth if ^ ; i&PJ: [VN-ADJ] You may find your
illness hard to accept.
to o You may
find it hard to accept your illness, fa Wf ffi ft # T/Ufi f| g B >| ^ „ 0 I find it
amazing that
they’re still together. Mf]a£IE--il£,
& Affe^'tsi o 0 [VN-N] She finds
it a strain to meet new people.
►
HAVE/MAKE AVAILABLE Mft ; 6 [VN] to have sth
available so that you can use it ) : I keep
meaning to
write, but never seem to find (the) time. 1%^
fl^^7f|JN‘l'0lo
O How are we going to find £5 000 for a car? 3§C«S^ 5 000
►
IN UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS & j .uAt'lf
7 7 to discover
sb/sth/yourself doing sth or in a particular situation, especially when this is
unexpected MM, MM ( ^7®
) : [VN] She
woke up and found herself in a hospital bed. MMMMM H o
[VN-ADJ] We came home and found him asleep on the
sofa. mimmMMiklE'&M±m%To O m -ing]Isuddenly
found myself running down the street. $
W±]®7^5|^o 0 [V (that)] I was
disappointed to find that they had left already. ^MMiMlE^ff 7, MU t^Io
REACH m\; MM 8 [VN] (of things ^#j)
to arrive at sth naturally; to reach sth i ^ I!] jA;
M : Water will