the last/final word

noun

1

: the final thing said in an argument or a discussion

Your mother's decision is the final word on the matter.

Why do you always have to have the last word?

2

: the power to make a final decision

The judge will have the last word on the divorce agreement.

3

informal : the most modern or best one of its kind

This is the last word in wireless phones.

The van's design is the last word in safety.

Examples of the last/final word in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Greg Abel, 62, is poised to take over the reins and have the final word on Berkshire’s sprawling operations and where the conglomerate will deploy its arsenal of cash. —Yun Li, CNBC, 6 May 2025

The voters of the Texas should have the final word, Talarico said. —Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025

For decades, the second-most important figure in the Communist Party, after the General Secretary, was arguably the chief ideologist, who had the final word over what could and could not be said about history. —David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025

Watson was playing too well to risk getting ejected in pursuit of the last word. —Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025