FINIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does finis mean? 

• FINIS (noun)
  The noun FINIS has 2 senses:

1. the temporal end; the concluding time

2. the concluding part of any performance

  Familiarity information: FINIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The temporal end; the concluding time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

close; conclusion; finale; finis; finish; last; stopping point

Context example:

they were playing better at the close of the season

Hypernyms ("finis" is a kind of...):

end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The concluding part of any performance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

close; closing curtain; finale; finis

Hypernyms ("finis" is a kind of...):

finish; finishing (the act of finishing)

 Context examples 

"Finis," he wrote, in capitals, at the end, and to him it was indeed finis.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)