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al fine

adverb
al fi·ne | \ˌäl-ˈfē-(ˌ)nā \

Definition of al fine 

: to the end —used as a direction in music to return to the start of a section and repeat it up to the point marked fine

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First Known Use of al fine

1830, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for al fine

borrowed from Italian

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