# final cut

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. In the movie industry, the final released version of a film.
2. The group that remains when a selection process has eliminated other candidates.

## Etymology
From the fact that in the days of physical film for cinema, the strips of film on which various scenes and takes were recorded had to be cut into pieces and spliced together into a resultant composite strip.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/final-cut