finalized

Made officially complete

Finalized means completed or settled in final form.

Something finalized has been brought to conclusion with no further changes expected: We finalized the contract yesterday, The divorce was finalized in March.

The word often appears in business, legal, and administrative contexts where formal completion matters.

complete

finished

Brought to an end

done · concluded · fulfilled · realized · executed · perfected · polished · refined · consummated · settled

official

ratified

Formally approved, made official

certified · endorsed · validated · confirmed · signed · sealed · decreed · enacted · legislated · formalized

irreversible

permanent

Fixed without end

binding · locked · irrevocable · unalterable · definitive · absolute · conclusive · decisive · determined · established

agreement

deal

Agreement or distribution

settlement · accord · pact · negotiation · treaty · merger · acquisition · transaction · proposal · bid

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completion status

finalizedbegun

Having started already

started · initiated · commenced · opened · underway

definiteness/certainty

finalizedtentative

Uncertain and provisional

provisional · preliminary · unfinalized · draft · pending

Family

finalize, finalizing, finalizes, finalization, unfinalized

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