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Collocations for final - noun

1. last game/match in a competition

ADJECTIVE

grand
He got through to the grand final of the competition.
area (esp. BrE), national, regional, state, world
men's, women's
championship, cup (BrE), tournament

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VERB + final

hold, host, stage (BrE)
Never before have two countries hosted the finals.
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 final.
He entered the finals as the tournament leader for the second year.
compete in, contest, meet sb in, play in
Russia met Canada in the final.
win

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final + VERB

be played, take place

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PREPOSITION

in the final
Who is in the men's final?

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2. (finals) exams

ADJECTIVE

college (AmE), school (AmE), university (BrE)

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VERB + FINALS

revise for (BrE), study for
do (esp. BrE), have, sit (BrE), take
fail, pass

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Collocations for final - 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

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