finalist
- noun
- /ˈfaɪnəlɪst/
- After several rounds of challenges, only three finalists remained in the race for the championship.
- select finalists
- award finalists
- national finalists
In wrestling he is a two time NCWA Division One National Champion and four time finalist.
- In wrestling he is a two time NCWA Division One National Champion and four time finalist.
- He's now a finalist for a Fulbright to study in England medieval literature.
- I think that all the finalists are do have genuine connections.
- He, he was an ABA finalist boxed for England box for Great Britain.
Examples
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She has received many honours and awards and has twice been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in both poetry and in biography.
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Joining me today is Harvard grad and the youngest finalist on Master Chef.
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Give it up for our third finalist, The One!
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You guys will compete against each other to see who the next finalist will be.
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Please welcome our first finalist...
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We actually have somebody who was a graduate of this class who was a near finalist on Top Chef.
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All right, could the finalists please enter?
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Mr. Gray said there were three finalists and I was one of them.
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Awards: White Man's Grave was a finalist for the 1994 National Book Awards.
Academic text (1998) -
Four William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalists were named.
Academic text (2011)
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word finalist comes from final meaning 'end' and the suffix -ist meaning 'person', just like finish talks about the end. So a finalist is a person who has reached the 'final' or last stage of a competition.