finalizing
Completing the details
Finalizing is the process of completing or putting into final form.
You finalize a deal when all parties sign, finalize travel plans when the last details are confirmed, finalize a divorce when the court issues its decree.
We're finalizing the budget this week.
The British spelling is finalising.
Bringing to completion
- concludingBringing to an end
- completingReaching the end of
- wrapping upCompleting a task
- polishingSmoothing by friction
ending · closing · culminating · accomplishing · rounding off · winding down · sealing · capping off
Making a choice
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- resolvingReaching a conclusion
- committingCarrying out an act
choosing · locking in · cementing · establishing · fixing · concluding · ruling · judging
Inscribing one's name
- ratifyingFormally validating an agreement
- executingCarrying out a task
- confirmingEstablishing truth of something
- sealingMaking impermeable
approving · endorsing · formalizing · validating · certifying · notarizing · witnessing · countersigning
Checking text for mistakes
- revisingAltering to improve
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- tweakingSlight adjustment process
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
copy-editing · correcting · reviewing · checking · vetting · fact-checking · formatting · typesetting
finishing
Bringing to completion
- concludingBringing to an end
- completingReaching the end of
- wrapping upCompleting a task
polishing · ending · closing · culminating · accomplishing · rounding off · winding down · sealing · capping off · terminating
deciding
Making a choice
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- resolvingReaching a conclusion
committing · choosing · locking in · cementing · establishing · fixing · concluding · ruling · judging · pronouncing
signing
Inscribing one's name
- ratifyingFormally validating an agreement
- executingCarrying out a task
- confirmingEstablishing truth of something
sealing · approving · endorsing · formalizing · validating · certifying · notarizing · witnessing · countersigning · sanctioning
proofreading
Checking text for mistakes
refining · copy-editing · correcting · reviewing · checking · vetting · fact-checking · formatting · typesetting · layout
- settlingpaying, agreeing, resolving, concluding, closing
- wrapping upending, conclusion, completion, finishing, wrap-up
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
- finishingcompleting, finishing, done, concluded, finished
- audio masteringmastering, remastering, loudness, limiter, limiting
finalizingstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · initiating · opening · commencing · launching
finalizingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
canceling · reversing · undoing · reopening · reconsidering
finalizingdrafting
Creating technical blueprints
roughing out · sketching · outlining · abandoning · postponing
final, definite, define, infinity, definition, infinite, finalize, confine, finalized