final speech
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discurso final
- During her final speech as CEO, she shared her gratitude for the team's hard work and dedication.
- give a final speech
- final speech as president
So we get to the final day and my barrister's speech, his final speech was amazing.
- So we get to the final day and my barrister's speech, his final speech was amazing.
Examples
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And it is now time for all three of you to give your final speech on why you should be the winner of this episode of Bepperty.
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That'll be the cue to begin your final speech.
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The final speech for Jones is long and important.
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The desk where King Edward delivered his final speech as King of England.
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I hope that in your final speech you won't become too emotionally involved.
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All lovers of liberty should take the time to listen to Dr. Paul's final speech on the floor of the US House of Representatives.
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Speaker, yesterday my brilliant colleague, the member for Adrian Shots, made his final speech to this Parliament.
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And the final speech on the Peterloo anniversary comes from the representative of Yorkshire and Humber, Torin Zebul.
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My lord, members of the jury, I will be brief in my final speech because I think we've proved so obvious a case of murder against Leonard Vole, that a verdict of guilty must be the only possible conclusion.
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In his final speech before passing away in 2010, McLaren shares his fears about what he calls "karaoke culture," where success is about mimicry rather than emotional honesty.
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Synonyms
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A final public performance or work before a person stops performing
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A formal speech or words that say goodbye, often at a ceremony
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A formal speech by a top student that says goodbye at a graduation ceremony
A formal goodbye speech given by a top student at a graduation ceremony
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the last address or presentation' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'final' (last) with 'speech' (a planned oral address); there is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift. This adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows basic English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Final speech comes from the simple image of a person standing on a stage to give their final speech before they leave a job or finish an important event. So it means 'the last talk or presentation' someone gives.