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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
finally
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
settle sth finally/eventually
▪ The case was finally settled by the Appeal Court.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
agree
▪ Four more divisions took place then, before it was finally agreed and ordered to be sent to the House of Commons.
▪ After weeks of wondering what to do, the engineers finally agreed on a solution.
▪ She finally agreed and sent me to a spinal expert.
▪ Crazy Horse finally agreed to go if Lee accompanied him on the journey.
▪ After weeks of talks, it was finally agreed that Sade would sign to Virgin.
▪ The Olympic Committee finally agreed, and the organizers went to work.
▪ It was for that reason and no other that I finally agreed to stay on.
▪ Basilio finally agrees to marry Rita to Bernardo.
arrive
▪ We finally arrived at the house.
▪ When dawn finally arrived, an ill-rested city streamed to witness the cause of its apprehension being sent to her eternal punishment.
▪ That night we finally arrived at Peshawar Airport.
▪ Marshall had finally arrived at his office and slowly, carefully, began reading the fourteen pages, starting with page one.
▪ They finally arrived at Lizzy's ward.
▪ We finally arrive on station and are submerged by midmorning.
▪ That's not what he thinks would or should happen, the day his lover finally arrives.
▪ When the day of reckoning finally arrived, the truth was found to lie well in the middle ground between these extremes.
become
▪ But like many people we had sustained injuries and we had finally become disillusioned about ever becoming fit.
▪ He had suddenly woken up realizing that his blurry baby had finally become quite outrageous.
▪ After a decade in deepest black, fashion has finally become fun again.
▪ They were allowed to come back, and they became finally great favorites of Zeus.
▪ Love, love that had always held pain through fear of losing it but had finally become a torment.
▪ It has become finally clear that packing largely destitute and idle people into public housing creates a rotten place to live.
▪ A: Will doing business on the Net finally become profitable next year?
break
▪ John Strachey finally broke with Mosley in 1931 and became a Communist.
▪ This was important, for Bonar Law's health was on the point of finally breaking up.
▪ The sound of stockinged legs moving across the room finally broke the silence.
▪ But Simpkin finally broke her to lead 5-4, then had two set points.
▪ It was the Livsey century that had finally broken the Warwickshire resistance - Jeeves to the rescue once more.
▪ Inexplicably, the usually reliable pumps started to malfunction and finally broke down.
▪ When Niki finally breaks through the crowd, he finds a Lotus in front of him.
catch
▪ Breaknecking it has finally caught up with me.
▪ He was finally caught, and it hardly mattered who had caught him.
▪ He finally caught up with her about thirty yards away from the pond.
▪ Men have finally caught up with women in locking themselves out of their rooms.
▪ She knew as sure as eggs was eggs that Kate, bless her, had finally caught herself a man.
come
▪ They finally come together at the lowest level of their relationship.
▪ Nor was he willing to let bygones be bygones once a quarrel had finally come to an end.
▪ By the time morning finally came she felt like a total wreck.
▪ The dean had a house and car, and had had a wife, until the papers finally came through.
▪ This man she's married finally came to his senses, but he was refusing to marry her at one point.
▪ So many things that should logically be solved several rungs below finally come to him.
▪ The day his lover finally comes home from that other city.
▪ Liz had finally come to my office on the suggestion of her doctor, who was treating her for migraines.
decide
▪ This can not be decided finally by the tribunal itself.
▪ Merrell Dow finally decided the cost of defending itself outweighed the revenue produced by sales of the drug.
▪ They waited in the airport for two hours before finally deciding they would go home.
▪ She finally decided on the ham, potato salad and deviled eggs.
▪ Perhaps, she had finally decided, I shall simply have to learn to live with it.
▪ It was finally decided to refer the matter to the departmental assemblies.
▪ Remember that you are your own best critic and only you can finally decide what it is you wanted to say.
▪ She finally decided that was less important than the chance to reach millions of people.
end
▪ Riders were offered food and drinks when their trip finally ended.
▪ Bombed out of one small premises, Grandpa had moved from factory to factory, finally ending up in what was now Belmodes.
▪ The section gathers energy, finally ending with a brilliant and triumphant flourish.
▪ The royal marriage had finally ended.
▪ Only then comes the point where the crust finally ends and the mantle rock begins.
▪ The fairytale finally ends when Harry is born on September 15.
▪ But Thursday, the long battle finally ended.
find
▪ Of course, when my friends finally find out, they were really excited.
▪ Many of the missing literature books finally found their way to school Wednesday.
▪ Hugh finally found his machines for living in.
▪ You beat us the first time around, but we finally found a jury that got it right Wednesday.
▪ When Zeier finally found an open man downfield, he threw a pass off the head of umpire Bob Wagner.
▪ It takes nearly two hours, but they finally find the spot.
▪ They finally found her lying in bed in a smoke-filled bedroom, and helped her to safety.
▪ She had finally found her public voice.
get
▪ On the day we finally got the job finished we received a visit from John Hall.
▪ As you can imagine, when he finally got to my office, his self-esteem was badly tattered.
▪ I'd got a baby - forty-two hours in labour, but I'd finally got a baby.
▪ Once I finally got around to finding a definition, I see that it was never any such thing.
▪ It is 0320 before the team finally get to bed, with the Captain promising them a lie-in until 1000 hours.
▪ The urgent need for this cover as a presidential election looms forced the compromises that finally got results.
▪ It seemed like just another insult, but this was the one that finally got the bully's face slapped.
▪ A few weeks ago, she finally got new glasses, courtesy of Medi-Cal, in time for school.
give
▪ When you were finally given this flat in February this year, you must have been over the moon.
▪ Lawmakers finally gave the Health and Human Services Department the power to issue privacy regulations.
▪ In 1784 the house was remodelled and was finally given its neo-Baroque features in 1860.
▪ In 1977, the battered organization finally gave up and dissolved itself.
▪ They may keep this up time and time again until, with luck, the predator finally gives up the chase.
▪ The doctors attending on him finally gave up hope.
▪ With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost.
leave
▪ When he had finally left the bungalow after the funeral several weeks before, David had drawn all the curtains.
▪ Leonard and Dennis finally left for California, but I left Colorado before they did.
▪ Polly finally left the peace camp with the gap that Jack had left in her heart and soul still not filled.
▪ When she finally left Loreto, it did not come to me as a surprise.
▪ The forensic scientist had finally left the road at last light, certain it had nothing more to yield.
▪ She was exhausted when they finally left, and she stayed to talk to Zack, to thank him again.
▪ It was not until early in 1106 that his and the king's messengers finally left for Rome.
▪ The coming and going in the city, earning money just for myself having finally left a foolish marriage.
make
▪ More importantly, the defense finally made a critical play when called upon.
▪ She finally made her return by jumping the 760-foot Auburn Bridge near Sacramento.
▪ When they finally made the coast, Cassius discovered the badge was gone, and no search would bring it back.
▪ She finally made it to university, after which to my regret I lost touch with her.
▪ Rodman probably feels that that was the sort of job Grandfather bucked for all his life and finally made.
▪ As my eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness I could finally make out the bats.
▪ So what finally made network executives realize they could profit by adding more skating to their traditional sports lineups?
reach
▪ We finally reached the top - to discover that the party behind had used some of our gear at a belay.
▪ Its urbanization, progressing steadily, had finally reached the ultimate.
▪ We looked at each other - we had finally reached Isparion's elusive summit.
▪ As I stood looking out at the crowd, I felt I had finally reached a new stage in my life.
▪ Helicopters circled overhead as the caravan finally reached the end of its historic journey.
▪ The seemingly interminable day was finally reaching its dark conclusion.
▪ But it would be tragic to have finally reached the real tough issues only to see it all fall apart.
settle
▪ I want at least four when I do finally settle down and get married.
▪ I finally settled on the idea of studying pharmacy.
▪ But Geron and the Roslin scientists could at last assure investors that the patent question was finally settled.
▪ Hashimoto finally settled on Wataru Kubo of the steadily disintegrating socialist party.
▪ The position regarding administration orders over unregistered companies has not been finally settled by judicial decision.
▪ The seismic jolt to Los Angeles home values appears to have finally settled down, way down.
▪ Last week the government finally settled the case for the sum of $ 508m.
▪ He finally settled on Reno, then the Dade Country, Fla., prosecutor.
turn
▪ Adam finally turned the icon over and found on the back a small silver crown inlaid in the wood.
▪ The soldiers regarded us suspiciously, but finally turned back to the partition where another woman was moaning in pain.
▪ He finally turned to her, shook his head slowly from side to side and swung back to contemplate the dusk.
▪ Six months earlier there had been hope that a new era was about to dawn, that things would finally turn around.
▪ At Karlsruhe, the Rhine had finally turned blue and the river here is the boundary between the Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg.
▪ One night, therefore, Blue finally turns to his copy of Walden.
▪ He takes off his cap and runs his hand in his hair, finally turns back to her.
▪ These Tonellis have finally turned me into a total loser.
win
▪ Derek led 12-6 then trailed 2016 before collecting two threes at the last two ends to win finally by 21-20.
▪ The concept finally won approval last year in a simple piece of legislation, less exalted than a constitutional amendment.
▪ But he has finally won a mint.
▪ So we kept pushing them and we finally won.
▪ A nail-biting finish, but finally won by Moira Creek at her first attempt and a complete stranger to Pooh culture.
▪ The U. S. Postal Service has finally won the right to ridicule its competitors.
▪ Over 50 people entered the handicap event which was finally won by 14- year-old Scott Friedberg.
▪ Nixon finally won the presidency in 1968.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Finally, I'd like to thank all those people who helped make the conference such a success.
▪ And finally, don't miss Albuquerque's amazing punk band, playing tonight at the Lunar Club.
▪ And finally, I'd like to thank the cast and crew for all their hard work.
▪ I was put on hold for about ten minutes before I finally got to speak to my dad.
▪ The Senate ethics committee has not yet acted finally in the Cranston case.
▪ We finally found a decent apartment close to campus.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But you finally have a chance.
▪ From there he moved on to Edinburgh, and finally shut himself away in his much embellished palace of Falkland to die.
▪ He finally drew the cigar into red heat and discarded the final match.
▪ It seems to have finally resolved itself into an increased interest in practical deterrence and street-level prevention programmes.
▪ Then it started on Cumbrian limestone, blossomed to Lakeland quarries and so, finally, to Raven Crag.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Finally

Finally \Fi"nal*ly\, adv.

  1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.

    Whom patience finally must crown.
    --Milton.

  2. Completely; beyond recovery.

    Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed or finally rooted out.
    --Sir J. Davies.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
finally

late 14c., fynaly "at the end;" c.1400, "completely, beyond recovery;" from final + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
finally

adv. 1 At the end or conclusion; ultimately. 2 (context sequence English) To finish (with); lastly.

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WordNet
finally

  1. adv. after a long period of time or an especially long delay; "at length they arrived" [syn: eventually, at length]

  2. the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion]

  3. as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over" [syn: ultimately, in the end, at last, at long last]

Wikipedia
Finally (CeCe Peniston song)

"Finally" is a 1991 song by the musician CeCe Peniston. A dance mix of this song was made, and this remixed version was used in many dance music compilations. "Finally" became Peniston's first (and biggest) hit song, peaking at number five on the US Hot 100 in January 1992 and becoming her only U.S. top-ten hit to date. Prior to that, it was also successful on the US Dance chart, where it spent two weeks at number one in late 1991. In addition, the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in a remixed version.

Finally (Fergie song)

"Finally" is a song recorded by American singer Fergie for her debut studio album, The Dutchess (2006). It was written by Fergie, Stefanie Ridel and John Legend, who produced the song alongside Ron Fair and Ridel.

Finally (Blackstreet album)

Finally is the third album from R&B group, Blackstreet. It was their last album on Interscope Records. This album featured new member, Terrell Phillips after the departure of Mark Middleton. After the success of their multi-platinum last album Another Level, their label allowed them more of a bigger budget for the next album. Finally was recorded at Teddy Riley's studio Future Recording Studios based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Originally given the working title Get Higher, the album was scheduled for a November 1998 release until it was pushed back to March 1999.

The album boasted high-profile guests, such as Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Hezekiah Walker. The album also featured several songs with string arrangements from legendary conductor Jeremy Lubbock. The music video for the single "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" was directed by Joseph Kahn. Complete with computer animation and 3D graphics, the video was considered to be one of the most expensive at the time. Finally was critically acclaimed but a commercial disappointment, moving units at only a fraction of what their previous album sold. Shortly after the release of the single "Think About You", Riley left Blackstreet to reform his previous group Guy and Blackstreet were subsequently dropped by Interscope Records.

Despite the album's failure, a couple of songs have been covered by other artists. British singer Sonique covered the song "Drama" on her album Hear My Cry as a duet with R&B singer Calvin Richardson. Korean pop group SS501 later covered the song "In A Rush" live in one of their concert performances.

Finally (Sean Ensign album)

Finally is the debut album of American singer-songwriter, Sean Ensign. It was released in 2006 on the label, Titan Sounds. Every song was co-written by Ensign himself, with the exception of " Everytime It Rains", a cover of the Ace of Base song. Includes the singles, "It's My Life (Finally)", "Without You" and "Everytime It Rains."

Finally (Velvet album)

Finally is the debut studio album by Swedish singer Velvet first released on March 20, 2006 on Bonnier Amigo. Finally peaked at #46 in the Swedish charts and dropped off the chart after just one week.

Finally (T.G. Sheppard song)

"Finally" is a song written by Gary Chapman, and recorded by American country music artist T.G. Sheppard. It was released in March 1982 as the second single and title track from the album Finally!. The song was T.G. Sheppard's tenth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.

Finally (Layzie Bone & A.K. album)

Finally is a collaboration album between midwest rappers Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and A.K. of Do or Die. The album also features cuts from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's 2007 album Strength & Loyalty. Some of those cuts includes an added on verse by Bone Thugs member Bizzy Bone.

Finally (D'banj song)

"Finally" is a song by Nigerian Afrobeat recording artist D'banj. The song serves as the tenth single from the album D'Kings Men (2013), a collaboration between members of D'banj's label DB Records. It debuted at number 10 on MTV Base's Official Naija Top Ten Chart from October 25 through October 31, 2013.

Finally (CeCe Peniston album)

Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records. Prior to the release of this album, Peniston released her debut single " Finally", which topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number two in the UK Singles Chart. The album yielded two additional singles which achieved dance number one status in the US; " We Got a Love Thang", co-written by Chantay Savage, and " Keep On Walkin'", written in collaboration with Kym Sims. Both songs entered the UK Singles Chart Top 10 and the Billboard Hot 100 Top Twenty in the US. Despite the success of the singles, the album itself climbed only to number seventy on the US Billboard 200. However, during its thirty-six weeks long presence in the chart it sold over 554,000 copies in the US.To review the original source, you will have to subscribe to billboard.biz website to access the billboard.biz link.

  • The album peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number ten. The total worldwide sales of the album surpassed 3,000,000 units. Two further tracks were released from the album which were more in the R&B field; " Inside That I Cried" charted at number ten in the US R&B chart and at number forty-two in the UK, while " Crazy Love" peaked at number thirty-one in the US and at number forty-four in the UK.

Finally (film)

Finally (or sometimes The Animals & Beyond) is a documentary about Eric Burdon. It was released in 1991 on VHS and in 2003 on DVD. It features clips from 1964 - 1970 and some from 1991.

People who were interviewed in this documentary including Sammy Hagar, John Steel, Chas Chandler, Zoot Money, Hilton Valentine, Brian Auger and Eric Burdon.

Clips of John Weider, War and Jimi Hendrix were also shown.

The film shows live recordings of See See Rider, Talkin' 'Bout You, Hey Gyp, Wild Thing (Jimi Hendrix), Good Times, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, We Gotta Get out of This Place and video clips of Monterey, When I Was Young, House of the Rising Sun, Spill the Wine and many more. A short clip of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (performed by Burdon & Brian Auger Band) is also included.

In October 2008 it was re-issued.

Usage examples of "finally".

Finally, he points out the practical bearing of the subject--for example, the probability of calculus causing sudden suppression of urine in such cases--and also the danger of surgical interference, and suggests the possibility of diagnosing the condition by ascertaining the absence of the opening of one ureter in the bladder by means of the cystoscope, and also the likelihood of its occurring where any abnormality of the genital organs is found, especially if this be unilateral.

But as absolutely crucial and important as experiential disclosures are, they can be finally assimilated only in a subjective structure that grows and evolves to meet the demand, and experiences thrown at a subject do not necessarily and profoundly grow the subject itself.

In Hegel, the synthesis of the theory of modern sovereignty and the theory of value produced by capitalist political economy is finally realized, just as in his work there is a perfect realization of the consciousness of the union of the absolutist and republican aspects-that is, the Hobbesian and Rousseauian aspects-of the theory of modern sovereignty.

The horrifying truth is that she was almost certainly kept captive in the cellar for several days, and regularly tortured and abused, until she was finally killed.

For Juanita Mott became the sixth young woman in the space of just two years to be sexually abused, tortured, decapitated and finally dismembered in the cellar beneath the pavement of number 25 Cromwell Street.

What would happen if she finally confessed to him that Bill had been an abusive husband?

Now the brothers would tear Achar apart in their hatred for each other, tear it apart until finally they stood sword to sword in the Chamber of the Moons.

Sure enough, the keys were in the ignition, just like the Scorpion Lady had promised, and I drove out to Phaya Tai Road and cruised up and down it til I finally found the Acme Fertilizer Company.

He followed ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL167 with an antistaphylococcal injection and finally handed over a sauce bottle filled to the rim with acriflavine solution.

Convention met at Richmond, and, after adjourning to meet at Baltimore, finally met there on the 28th of that month--twenty-one States being, in whole or in part, represented.

Notwithstanding these precautions, and his own example, the succession of consuls finally ceased in the thirteenth year of Justinian, whose despotic temper might be gratified by the silent extinction of a title which admonished the Romans of their ancient freedom.

The description of the black forest with the evil stone, and of the terrible cosmic adumbrations when the horror is finally extirpated, will repay one for wading through the very gradual action and plethora of Scottish dialect.

Finally, after having remarked that times of tranquillity were the proper seasons for lessening the national debt, and strengthening the kingdom against future events, he recommended to the commons the improvement of the public revenue, the maintenance of a considerable naval force, the advancement of commerce, and the cultivation of the arts of peace.

How is it possible that any human mind could be persuaded that there has existed in the world that infinity of Amadises, and that throng of so many famous knights, so many emperors of Trebizond, so many Felixmartes of Hyrcania, so many palfreys and wandering damsels, so many serpents and dragons and giants, so many unparalleled adventures and different kinds of enchantments, so many battles and fierce encounters, so much splendid attire, so many enamored princesses and squires who are counts and dwarves who are charming, so many love letters, so much wooing, so many valiant women, and, finally, so many nonsensical matters as are contained in books of chivalry?

Finally but unmistakably she said no to Davidson: Now I am starting on my long world tour, and before correspondence becomes almost an impossibility, I want to say some things to you, most affectionately but with a firm will and mind of my own.