al fine

adverb

al fi·​ne ˌäl-ˈfē-(ˌ)nā 

: 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

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

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