final examination
2
3.4
- noun
- /ˈfaɪnəl ɪɡˌzæməˈneɪʃən/
:
examen final
- The data on student performance were accumulated from the final examinations in these courses.
- final examination score
- algebra final examination
- midterm and final examinations
Examples
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The data was collected at the end of 6 terms just after their final examinations.
Academic text (2009) -
Music education students are tested on nine content standards as part of the final examination in their first music education course.
Academic text (2000) -
This is final examination week.
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On Tuesday, with a week left of school, we have our final examinations.
Fiction book (1990) -
Students must keep the honor statement in mind as they prepare for final examinations and papers.
Blog text (33) -
The test served as the comprehensive final examination for the Concepts of Fitness course.
Academic text (2006) -
Students assigned confidence ratings to all of the questions on their final examinations.
Academic text (2010) -
The final examination is conducted with other non-science subjects at the end of their second year.
Academic text (1995) -
The phone rang the night before the final examination in Vollbart's ethics course.
Fiction book (2001) -
The final examination for the biology class will take place next week.
Synonyms
611
1.0
A formal test of what someone knows or can do
230
2.7
An exam at the end of a course that tests what students learned
115
2.3
A formal test that checks knowledge, usually with written questions
25
2.7
A test at the end of a school term that checks what you learned
How Comprehensive
- Specialized
1
6.9
2
3.4
- US
128
3.3
∞
1.0
128
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a test at the end of an academic term' is directly and compositionally derived from 'final' (last, end-of-term) + 'examination' (a formal test). This adjective+noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term final examination comes from the idea of the last big test at the end of a course. Here final means 'last' and examination means 'a careful test', so the phrase means the big test that checks everything you learned.